Very angry about this!!

Frida so many times whistleblowers are the ones to suffer for exposing or highlighting poor or downright corrupt practices. They are brave people in my opinion for following their moral compass which so often causes them to have to leave employment and all the hardship that brings about. I wish you joy and fulfilment as you reclaim your life and future.

frieda well done you lets hope you get back to your old self

I know that policemen who have tried to expose corruption have been ostracised and had their working lives made a misery. I wonder if fear of something like that happening kept some priests quiet, who were not themselves involved in abuse, but knew of it.

If whistleblowers had been heeded, many lives might have been saved in the Staffordshire hospital. The NHS is supposed to have a policy to protect whistleblowers, but they have paid out huge sums for gagging orders. When my daughter was training to be a nurse, she asked the theatre sister if they should report an anaesthetist who was treating a patient with total disrespect. She was told, 'Go ahead, if you want your career ruined before you even qualify'.
I subscribe to www.whistleblowers.org which keeps me informed of the latest attempts to silence criticism or debate. Private Eye also does an excellent job of reporting attempts to silence people.
Apparently, there were no whistleblowers around when Savile and his peers were abusing children.
If a member of the staff at Kent and Canterbury Hospital had reported the appalling failure rate of a surgeon, my daughter's life, and that of more than a dozen other women, might not have been ruined. It was only when there were 75 separate complaints against him that he was suspended.

Cathy, I am afraid it is quite wrong to equate whistleblowers with 'grasses' - they can save lives.

The Public Interest Disclosure Act covers organisations where a whistleblowing policy is not yet in place - this has been around since the late 90s, and will protect employees who whistleblow 'in good faith' if their employment is adversely affected, or ceases through resignation or sacking, by them making a public disclosure. Don't know how far back it applies in your case frida. You certainly have solid evidence for having to leave your job with these convictions, if you kept any records of the difficulty you were having.

Good for you frida

cathy you are, of course, entitled to your opinion. There are times however, when it might be better to keep it to yourself.

Good for you frida, doing the right thing isn't always easy.

frida Whistleblowing is a courageous act. Sorry that it felt as if your life was taken away. I hope you get it back pdq.

Or public employees that are defrauding the taxpayer cathy ?

I think by the way that whistleblowing policies are the norm in the public sector but not private. Schools, hospitals, local authorities are obliged to have them.
Pleased for you Frida - what next?

cathy Surely you can't be saying that, for example, police who mistreat suspects or sell information to newspapers, healthcare workers who deliberately neglect or manhandle their patients, etc., etc. should not be reported?

cathy I'm slightly intrigued as to why you are not too keen on whistleblowers/grass/spy? Also your use of the pejorative word 'grass' rather than 'police informer'.
On more than one occasion I have had information that I have passed on to the appropriate authorities and honestly believe that not to have done so would have been to condone the activities.
frida, I admire your integrity.

Well done - you can hold your head up and know that you did the right thing.

Whistleblowers are perfectly legitimate and most organisations have Whistleblowng Policies, if they would only adhere to them. We can be grateful to whistleblowers, who expose corruption, misconduct and failure to keep employees and customers safe. What's good about colluding with bad practice or criminality, if employers ignore it or refuse to deal with it?

ok well, well done, personally I am not too keen on whistleblowers/grass/spy

sorry I guess we will all have our own opinion on this...

I am happy for you that you are ok now, no one deserves to be un happy.

I admire whistleblowers, shows they have integrity and stand up for what is right. Good luck frida

Sounds like someone in that company owes you an apology at least, frida