The NHS is still treating whistleblowers badly. An independent review, 'Freedom to speak up', has found ongoing issues with healthcare workers' willingness to disclose genuine concerns with patient care, and that the response taken when someone speaks up is inadequate in many cases and downright vengeful in some. Report author Sir Robert Francis paints a grim picture, with some NHS staff who have blown the whistle suffering victimisation, loss of employment and personal and family breakdown. Francis was the obvious choice to head up the review of whistleblowing. He is well versed in the chronic problems within the NHS from leading the public inquiry into the scandal at Stafford Hospital. His latest report on whistleblowing comes two years after the damning 'Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry', known as the 'Francis report', which was published in February 2013.
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机译：NHS仍在严重地对待举报者。一项独立的评论“言论自由”发现，医护人员是否愿意披露患者护理的真正问题仍存在持续性问题，而且在某人讲话时采取的应对措施在许多情况下是不充分的，而在某些情况下则是彻头彻尾的复仇。报告作者罗伯特·弗朗西斯爵士（Sir Robert Francis）描绘了一幅严峻的图画，一些吹响哨声的国民保健服务工作人员遭受了伤害，失业和个人及家庭破裂。弗朗西斯（Francis）是带头审查举报的明显选择。他精通NHS内部的长期问题，从带领公众询问斯塔福德医院的丑闻开始。他最新的举报报告是在2013年2月发表了令人发指的“中斯塔福德郡NHS基金会信托公众查询报告”（称为“弗朗西斯报告”）两年之后。
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