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| Shona Robison gives NHS Grampian staff assurance | 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 whistleblowers, the health secretary has said. | |
| Shona Robison was chairing the annual review of the health board. | Shona Robison was chairing the annual review of the health board. |
| Ms Robison said no NHS Grampian workers would be discriminated against. | 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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. |