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  • “Gagging clauses” in severance agreements for NHS staff in England have been banned by the government with immediate effect.
    Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the Daily Mail “the era of gagging NHS staff from raising their real worries about patient care” must end….


    BBC News – NHS ‘gagging clauses’ banned by health secretary

    Good news indeed it seems to me

    Yep, but sadly not backdated so those already gagged still cant speak out

    Also good in some ways ( reporting problems to be fixed ), but bad in others ( prepare for litigation culture to bring a fresh invasion of claims )

    @Mezz 532883 wrote:

    Yep, but sadly not backdated so those already gagged still cant speak out

    Also good in some ways ( reporting problems to be fixed ), but bad in others ( prepare for litigation culture to bring a fresh invasion of claims )

    That’s annoying, I guess law is hard to implement retrospectively? Hopefully on balance it will be better time will tell.

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