Introduce an external regulatory complaints body for NHS boards

What it asks

What the petitioner did first

1. 13 Jan 2021
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention
2. 10 Mar 2021
   Public Petitions Committee

   Continued Petitions
   1 mention

1. Scotland103 83.7%
2. United Kingdom15 12.2%
3. England5 4.1%

1. Jennifer Greenhorn 26 Nov 2020
   This is 100% needed in Scotland.
2. Jacqueline Greenhorn 26 Nov 2020
   This is definitely required in Scotland.
3. Jennifer Greenhorn 26 Nov 2020
   My grandfather died in 2017 needlessly at the hands of the NHS.
   
   10 other familes have since become known to me who have also lost their loved ones needlessly due to negligence in the NHS. All cases were from the same Unit within the same hospital. The most recent was in January 2020.
   This makes it fact that despite my complaint logged and external reviews by Health Improvements Scotland and 3 other NHS boards has made no improvement whatsoever therefor it is fact that an external regulatory body is required.
4. James A Mackie 27 Nov 2020
   The Petitioner is correct. However, this is not a problem peculiar to the NHS but to all public sector organisations. Public sector bodies all investigate themselves with every incentive to produce a cover up and no action. Situation gets worse when multiple agencies involved. They then pass the buck and the complaints get buried. SPSO take years to investigate complaints and they do not have the powers to force a re investigation when they find faults. SSSC again take years to investigate complaints and by their own admission by an FOI stated that they take no action in 99.7% of complaints from the public.
5. Jennifer Greenhorn 27 Nov 2020
   100% needed from my own experience over the past 3 years and that of other familes.
6. G Ballantyne 30 Nov 2020
   A ward line to the police should be installed with phased ward records. NHS is compartmentalised in closed door human abuse without an external watchdog. Even the police ignore allegations blatant harm and death.
7. Caroline Kenneil 4 Dec 2020
   Sadly, history show that no industry sector is capable of satisfactory self regulatory conduct.
   The public as well as every industry, including the Health sector, is automatically better served when scrutiny is wholly independent, proved to be independent and seen to be impartial as this removes temptation to corruption and or unfit conduct and service.
   The Regulators have failed the global Public in most Industry sectors, which is why the world is currently so corrupted, and the economy broken well prior to Covid 19,
   Our NHS is generally one of the world's success stories. Let us help to protect it by voting for outside scrutiny to retain high standards.
8. Joseph Colin Mc Shane 12 Dec 2020
   Any body, be it police N.H.S. should not be investigating itself as it will always stick up for its members to the detriment of natural justice. This has been proven time after time. They use various stalling tactics also. Cases run for years and even if found guilty (as in the case of the Hillsborough disaster where 96 innocents died) they escape justice as they are either dead or ruled unfit to stand trial. Because of years of litigation.
9. Marilyn Schofield 18 Dec 2020
   I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PETITION AFTER HAVING SIMILAR STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF MY FATHER BEFORE HIS DEATH.
10. Robert Martin 18 Dec 2020
    I think that whatever is agreed here should also apply to Councils because of their involvement in Health and Care Partnerships.