Whistleblowers' need protection, not hunted for leaking information - that's the reaction of @NewtonEmerson to a Department of Health investigation - Newton and @SeaninGraham22 spoke to Stephen

Aug 10, 2018, 09:54 AM

Irish News commentator says that the Department of Health needs to show it takes the law on whistleblowers as seriously as it takes the law on data protection. It comes after the Department of Health launched an inquiry into the leaking of letters to the the Irish News. They were 'alert letters' about two former managers at Runwood's Dunmurry Manor care home. The Department of Health gave Trusts just two weeks to respond. Contrast that with the time its taken for the Department to launch its investigation into what happened around Dunmurry Manor care home. Has the Department got its priorities right? Stephen spoke to Newton Emerson and the Irish News' health correspondent Seanin Graham.