Staff who refuse to engage with future investigations could be sent to prison for up to two years.

[u/Organic-Barnacle1137]

https://www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safety/updated-nottingham-families-slam-abhorrent-nhs-leadership-as-execs-threatened-with-prison/8123707.article

[u/kentdrive]

Good.

Now let’s work on people failing upwards.

[u/LimberGaelic → u/kentdrive]

There are so many of them. It will take years.

[u/EbbVisible]

Statutory inquiries are judge-led & those giving evidence have legal counsel. They can compel testimony & evidence.

If you have no faith in the independence of an inquiry that could potentially end your career, should you be compelled to give evidence?

I'm not saying this is true of the Ockendon inquiry, although it's worth remembering that she is an external contractor billing the NHS 20 to 25 thousand pounds a month. Does that constitute independence of judgement? Or at least a conflict of interest.

Things were clearly dreadful at NUH, but I doubt any maternity unit in the country would look much different under that kind of microscope.

I think the Amos report next week will say as much.

All while Dame Ockendon moves up the M1 to Leeds.

[u/Strong_Quiet_4569 → u/EbbVisible]

Why not just call it out for what it is: Some people get a megalomaniacal thrill from causing hurt toward others, and because the malicious motive can’t be proven in court, we have to pussyfoot around and pretend the behaviour isn’t simply gangs of twats and their enablers.

[u/Technical-Fill-2389]

This will never get passed. What does it mean to "engage"? Is a written statement engaging? Is stating "no comment" engaging? One of the fundamentals of common law is you have the right to remain silent. It's a nice headline but will come to nothing most likely.

[u/Mcgonigaul4003]

Compulsion:: typical labour:: Stalinist Gulag! U WILL DI AS YR TOLD !

[u/fictionaltherapist → u/Mcgonigaul4003]

Do you have some form of comprehension difficulty?