The Guardian – Watchdog condemns NHS culture of cover-up
The Guardian says hospitals are cynically burying evidence about poor care in a “cover-up culture”. Rob Behrens has urged ministers to overhaul the way the NHS deals with complaints and how the array of regulatory bodies scrutinise it. In response, an NHS spokesperson said it was “absolutely vital that everyone working in the NHS feels they can speak up and that their concerns are acted on”.
In other news, an image of Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, catches the eye on the front of the Guardian as it reports on crowds cheering when she turned up at the Russian embassy in Berlin to cast her vote. She said she’d written her late husband’s name on the ballot in what the paper claims is an “act of defiance”.
