The Department of Health is committed to eliminating bullying and harassment for both service users and employees.
Following allegations of bullying and harassment against the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority, David Nicholson asked Neil Goodwin, a former Chief Executive in the NHS, to undertake an independent review of these allegations. The focus of this review is on how the SHA responded to performance issues at ULHT, in particular the allegations of bullying and harassment. Below is an executive summary report of this review and David Nicholson's response.