'Cover-up culture' sees some hospitals concealing evidence - Ombudsman

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

By Ella Pickover, PA Media

There is a “cover-up culture” in the NHS, with some hospitals concealing evidence when patient care goes wrong, the health ombudsman has warned.

Rob Behrens, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, has described how he had to confront the altering and disappearance of crucial documents after patients had died.