Before I write about today's meeting I'd like to share this article in today's Private Eye. It is a case I have followed for some time, the incidents occured in 2005 - 2006, resulting in two damning Ombudsman reports against Carmarthenshire Council in 2009, one for the lady who was abused, and one for the whistleblower, Delyth Jenkins, who reported it. It was a shocking catalogue of incompetance and maladministration. I am just pleased that it has been finally publicised in this way. There are earlier posts on the blog. I hope the system has since improved and this will never happen again.
why wasn't the appropriate council employee sacked.? and of course the guilty people at the home.
ReplyDeleteReading this, it left me wondering where the Chief Executive was whilst this disgraceful episode was ongoing. Doesn't the buck stop with him?? After all that's why he is paid such an obscene salary isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt is always grim for whislteblowers - yet they are the true champions. They are far more effective than the regulatory bodies. And certainly a heck of a lot braver. Being a whistle blower should automatically qualify you for a job in a regulatory body - not years of experience, exams and the ability to waffle on and suck up to the audited body (as demonstrated by, for example, the Audit Commission - or whatever its called now).
ReplyDeleteA larger version of this cutting is (all being well) here:
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When it appears, in most browsers you can click on the image, and it will be magnified.