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Health and Social Care

We do need to make important changes to the training of medical staff, and I shall give the hon. Gentleman one example of where that matters: creating the right culture in the NHS so that doctors and nurses feel able to speak out if they see poor care. In a lot of hospitals they find that very difficult, because they are working for someone directly responsible for their own career progress, and they worry that if they speak out, that will inhibit their own careers. We do not have that

culture of openness. The royal colleges have been very supportive in helping us make that change, but yes, medical training is extremely important.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
596 c458 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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