‘Biased’ decisions and mistrust: what went wrong at one NHS trust?
DEC 4, 202525 MIN
‘Biased’ decisions and mistrust: what went wrong at one NHS trust?
DEC 4, 202525 MIN
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<p>Nurses’ distrust of senior management comes under the spotlight in this week’s episode of the Nursing Standard podcast, as nursing staff at one London trust <a href="https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/trusts-nurses-suspicious-of-managers-decisions-guardian-reveals-219176" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reported feeling suspicious of managers making ‘biased’ decisions</a> based on close relationships.</p><br><p>RCNi content editor Alistair Mason and senior journalist Shruti Sheth Trivedi also discuss a <a href="https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/patient-death-trust-admits-failings-nurse-medication-training-219276" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">medicines management error linked to the death of a patient</a>, as well as <a href="https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/new-nhs-uniforms-most-nurses-choose-scrubs-rather-dresses-219231" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the new NHS uniforms</a>.</p><br><p>University of Glasgow senior research associate Simon Walker also joins the podcast to highlight the important issue of <a href="https://journals.rcni.com/mental-health-practice/evidence-and-practice/breaking-the-silence-addressing-nurse-suicide-through-occupational-health-mhp.2025.e1753/full" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">suicide among nurses, and how to address it</a> through occupational health.</p><br><p>Follow the Nursing Standard podcast on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nursing-standard-podcast/id1291474670" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0uLtarVr1kKshGk4x5AlLS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://shows.acast.com/nursing-standard-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Acast</a> or wherever you get your podcasts.</p><br><p>For more episodes of the Nursing Standard podcast, visit rcni.com/podcast</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>