Whistleblowing: Senior Medic Dismissed For Making Protected Disclosure

It is important not to forget your organisation's duty of care to a whistleblower

The Employment Rights Act 1996 provides protection for workers reporting malpractices by their employers or third parties against detriment or dismissal.

In Macanovich v Portsmouth NHS Hospitals Trust an employment tribunal held that a senior medic had been unfairly dismissed as a direct result of raising concerns about an innovative procedure carried out at her hospital and for reporting colleagues to the GMC.

What happened?

The claimant, Dr Jasna Macanovich, was employed as a Consultant Nephrologist (kidney specialist) by Portsmouth NHS Hospitals Trust and had accrued over 20 year's NHS service.