NHS trust accused of 'at best cavalier, at worst deceitful' behaviour after deleting emails | Computer Weekly
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Chris Day, a whistleblowing NHS doctor, is appealing against a 2022 tribunal judgment that cleared Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust of wrongdoing. The trust's former communications chief, David Cocke, deleted over 90,000 emails considered critical to the case, raising concerns about transparency. The appeal hearing questions the adequacy of the trust's information governance practices and highlights issues with the scrutiny of digital evidence in employment tribunals. Day claims the trust misrepresented his allegations regarding patient safety, reflecting a pattern of behavior that jeopardizes patient care.
Chris Day, the whistleblowing NHS doctor, alleges that Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust misrepresented the patient safety dangers he reported, further raising concerns about their transparency.
David Cocke, former press chief at the trust, reportedly deleted over 90,000 emails and documents considered critical to Chris Day's whistleblowing case, highlighting issues in information governance.
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