One doctor dismissed the trust’s statement about its behaviour that was sent to senior staff, including board members, as “not factually correct”. On 11 December, the Guardian reported that Hancock failed to respond to concerns about the trust’s treatment of staff. The day before the story was published, the issue was a raised at a medical staff (consultants) committee meeting. At the time one doctor told the Guardian that the Dunn’s statement was “received very badly” by staff. Molyneux told the meeting that the trust’s executive team should “not concentrate on who contacted the Guardian, but why they contacted the Guardian”.

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2020 06:00 UTC