Speaking up for patient safety: Rebecca Wight in conversation with Peter Duffy and Helen Hughes

In this podcast interview series, NHS whistleblower Peter Duffy and Patient Safety Learning’s Chief Executive Helen Hughes explore how the healthcare system responds when its staff raise concerns about patient safety. In each episode, Helen and Peter interview someone who has spoken up about patient safety issues in healthcare organisations, or who works to help staff raise concerns where they see unsafe care. In this episode, Helen and Peter speak to Rebecca Wight, a nurse consultant practitioner. Rebecca talks about her time at the The Christie, a cancer treatment centre in Manchester, and what happened to her when she tried to raise patient safety concerns about a colleague. She speaks about how senior management were reluctant to engage and listen to her concerns and how the organisation put their reputation first above everything. Rebecca reflects on the toll the process took on her and her family, her experience of going through an employment tribunal and why there needs to be more support for people who raise concerns within their organisation.