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Nurse who claimed he witnessed care home worker pour water over resident loses whistleblower claim
2024-05-02
Trial
Summary
Gerard Foy, an agency nurse at an HSE-run care home for people with intellectual disabilities, claimed that he witnessed a colleague, Ms A, pour water over a resident's head and that he reported the incident to management. He said he was later told he had breached GDPR by discussing the event with other colleagues and was required to complete data‑protection training and apologise to Ms A. Foy alleged that the HSE's handling of the matter, including a meeting with regional director Eva Hayes, led to his isolation, reduced hours, and failure to secure a permanent staff nurse position. He filed whistleblower complaints under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 in May 2022.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Nurse who claimed he witnessed care home worker pour water over resident loses whistleblower claim. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- October 2020 Incident
- May 2022 Other
- February 2022 Other
- 27 November 2021 Incident
- 2024-05-02 Publication
Why: A care home nurse who said his career suffered because he reported a colleague's alleged assault on a resident has failed in a whistleblower penalisation claim. CNI source report
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