Dr Penelope Redding, who acted as a whistleblower before stepping down as a consultant microbiologist at the Glasgow superhospital in 2018.
A whistleblower who raised concerns about infection control at a superhospital said staff were terrified due to a “culture of bullying”, the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry has heard.
Dr Redding said she believed “problems” began after the Vale of Leven Hospital inquiry report in 2014, which addressed outbreaks of Clostridium difficile in the Vale of Leven Hospital in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, in 2007. She said: “There were a lot of occasions where concerns had been raised but the reports were never really shared.”
She agreed that her attitude was to “slavishly follow the guidelines”, and said: “Why would you deviate from the guidelines?” Giving evidence, she was critical of a decision to close an orthopaedics ward after the Vale of Leven report, and said it took “45 seconds” to establish there was no “outbreak” based on her experiences as a microbiologist by looking at test results.
"I don’t know if a microbiologist didn’t sit down or look at results. My feeling is that infection control is moving towards autonomous working and decisions are being made without infection control doctors. There are certain times you need to have input with microbiologists.”
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