Petition · past parliament

Hold managers in the NHS accountable for serious errors.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Make changes in the current weak and rarely used policies to hold hospital management responsible for serious errors of judgement or poor management.
When senior managers make serious errors in the NHS it can have a severe effect on patients. A lot of times these managers are moved to other high profile and well paid jobs in the NHS. They rarely face disciplinary action or consequences for this. There should be a process where any such serious error of judgement or poor management is referred to an external agency with specific guidelines for investigation and action. The current process is not fit for purpose. There should be an easier way to raise concerns externally and a more robust process of checks.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: Create a new regulatory body to hold NHS managers accountable

Timeline

19 Aug 2023 Petition opened for signatures
24 Aug 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 24 Aug 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.