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Shona Robison gives NHS Grampian staff assurance | |
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All staff at NHS Grampian will be treated fairly amid concern about suspensions and whisteblowers, the health secretary has said. | |
Shona Robison was chairing the annual review of the health board. | |
Ms Robison said no NHS Grampian workers would be discriminated against. | |
It came after a turbulent year for the health authority, whose chairman and chief executive both left in the wake of a series of critical reports. | |
Staff suspensions, recruitment difficulties and failure to meet some waiting time targets have also kept it in the headlines. | Staff suspensions, recruitment difficulties and failure to meet some waiting time targets have also kept it in the headlines. |
The staff treatment assurance was in response to questions being raised, during the review on Monday afternoon, about the suspension of two surgeons and the NHS attitude to whistleblowers. | |
The health secretary told audience members that confidentiality issues prevented any major discussion on the subject. | |
In advance of the meeting, which was held at the Aberdeen Dental Education Centre, the health board published its annual Self Assessment Report. | |
Former Aberdeen City Council leader Barney Crockett, who sits on the board, has been critical in the past. | Former Aberdeen City Council leader Barney Crockett, who sits on the board, has been critical in the past. |
But he told BBC Scotland that he believed NHS Grampian had now turned the corner. | But he told BBC Scotland that he believed NHS Grampian had now turned the corner. |