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| Calls to protect whistle-blowers | Calls to protect whistle-blowers |
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| Fresh calls to protect whistle-blowers in the NHS will be made on Panorama after two high-profile cases. | Fresh calls to protect whistle-blowers in the NHS will be made on Panorama after two high-profile cases. |
| This month, Margaret Haywood was struck off the nursing register after secretly filming hospital patients in Brighton. | This month, Margaret Haywood was struck off the nursing register after secretly filming hospital patients in Brighton. |
| In March, the Healthcare Commission revealed "appalling conditions" at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. | In March, the Healthcare Commission revealed "appalling conditions" at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. |
| Cannock Chase MP Tony Wright wants the government to do more to protect whistle-blowers. The Department of Health said they were protected by law. | Cannock Chase MP Tony Wright wants the government to do more to protect whistle-blowers. The Department of Health said they were protected by law. |
| The Labour MP said: "The whole point of introducing whistle-blower provisions was that someone had got somewhere to go so they could raise these concerns quite properly without threatening their job, without damaging their career and indeed without having to go to the media." | The Labour MP said: "The whole point of introducing whistle-blower provisions was that someone had got somewhere to go so they could raise these concerns quite properly without threatening their job, without damaging their career and indeed without having to go to the media." |
| Ms Haywood, who said she acted to make people aware of what was happening after complaints to her ward manager went unheeded, was struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for breaching patient confidentiality. | |
| 'Lot of thought' | 'Lot of thought' |
| In an interview to be shown on Panorama on Monday, the 58-year-old said: "There was no other way of doing it really. | In an interview to be shown on Panorama on Monday, the 58-year-old said: "There was no other way of doing it really. |
| "I didn't take the decision lightly - I did look into it, I did give it an awful lot of thought and I knew, you know, that my position would be compromised by doing it. | "I didn't take the decision lightly - I did look into it, I did give it an awful lot of thought and I knew, you know, that my position would be compromised by doing it. |
| "But I think the public needed to be aware of what was going on on the ward. | "But I think the public needed to be aware of what was going on on the ward. |
| "They're putting their relatives in there believing them to be cared for and that wasn't happening." | "They're putting their relatives in there believing them to be cared for and that wasn't happening." |
| Ms Haywood recorded conditions of elderly patients at the Royal Sussex County Hospital for a Panorama documentary, Undercover Nurse, which was broadcast in July 2005. | |
| Footage from her filming showed examples of neglect including an elderly patient sitting in clothes he had soiled the night before. | Footage from her filming showed examples of neglect including an elderly patient sitting in clothes he had soiled the night before. |
| More than 14,000 people signed a petition set up by the Royal College of Nursing in support of her after she was struck off, within a week of it going live. | More than 14,000 people signed a petition set up by the Royal College of Nursing in support of her after she was struck off, within a week of it going live. |
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| Ms Haywood said complaints to her ward manager went unheeded | Ms Haywood said complaints to her ward manager went unheeded |