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Annabel Bentley
Chief Medical Officer at AXA Health
Annabel Bentley is the Chief Medical Officer at AXA Health, a position she has held since January 2019. She has a robust background in medicine, having studied at King's College, University of London, where she focused on evidence-based healthcare.13
Professional Background::
- Early Career: Dr. Bentley initially trained as a surgeon within the NHS, gaining extensive clinical experience before transitioning into executive roles in independent healthcare settings.24
- Roles: Prior to her current role at AXA Health, she served as Chief Medical Officer and Executive Medical Director in various independent healthcare organizations, emphasizing her leadership in medical governance and strategy.26
Current Contributions:: In her capacity as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Bentley advocates for patient safety and quality care within the healthcare system. She has been recognized for her insights into healthcare governance and the strategic direction of medical services.15
Dr. Bentley's expertise spans over 20 years in clinical leadership, making her a significant figure in the healthcare industry, particularly in the realm of private medical insurance and patient care initiatives.
Highlights
💔 “This is an utter injustice to my profession. Why should NHS managers have this right to treat us in this way? I’m not putting up with it. They have no right to destroy good people in this way.” says Professor Jane Somerville 91, an eminent cardiologist involved with Britain’s first heart transplant in 1968.
Hundreds of senior doctors have been driven out of their jobs in the NHS after raising concerns about patient safety, says Justice For Doctors campaign at the first conference hosted at the Royal Society of Medicine 16 May 2024.
🪧 Dr Salam Alsam consultant histopathologist and whistleblower, is being compared by some to the Post Office campaigner Alan Bates after he brought 140 doctors together in Justice For Doctors campaign. He says “Regulating managers is number one because they are abusing taxpayers’ money freely. Doctors who have been damaged significantly and left with no job should be compensated.”
The dirty tactics include
- retaliatory investigations into doctors’ clinical practice or behaviour
- victimise and harass doctors
- threaten with referral to the General Medical Council or being sacked.
- Trusts spend £££s defending cases at employment tribunal.
We heard many stories:
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Dr Azhar Ansari gastroenterologist felt he had no choice but to leave his job after he raised concerns about staffing and deaths at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust . “They made false allegations basically that I was a madman,” he said. “They went after the person rather than the patient safety concerns I was raising” He reported concerns about patient Linda Doherty starving to death on the ward. “I felt that if I didn’t speak up for my patients, no one else would”
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Dr Martyn Pitman 58, obstetrician said he became a “pariah” when he was confronted with bullying and harassment allegations after blowing the whistle on maternity care at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. He said his representative for the British Medical Association union told him that trusts “deliberately extend it because they want to break you. They want to absolutely destroy you”.
Bullying in the NHS is “predictable and universal” say doctors . Read more in the article published in The Times 16 May 2024 “NHS bosses use dirty tricks to force out whistleblowing doctors” link below 👇
Dr David Ward, Dr Usha Prasad, Dr Chris Day Peter Duffy Dr Wim Blancke Arun Baksi David Hencke Catherine Baksi #patientsafety #safetyfirst #learnupnotcoverup #whistleblower #doctorwhistleblower #pslhub #jfd #justicefordoctors
