Nurses seek protection for whistleblowers

The two main nurses’ unions have called for clear guidelines for whistleblowers in the health sector in the wake of the Michael Neary report.

The former obstetrician had carried out 129 hysterectomies at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda before the alert was raised in 1998 by a midwife concerned that many of the procedures were unnecessary. This was subsequently confirmed.