NHS bosses fear DHSC will use bullying report to blame leadership

Bullying, discrimination and shifting the blame when things go wrong are rife in the NHS, a government-commissioned inquiry into health service leadership has found.

But NHS England bosses are fearful that Sajid Javid will use the report’s findings selectively to paint an unfair picture of the behaviour of senior managers.

NHS leaders are particularly concerned that while the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) press release about…