UK Politics

Gagging agreements are becoming increasingly common in the UK's NHS to stifle whistleblowers, it was claimed yesterday.Employers are using "super-gags" to keep people quiet - in spite of a 1998 legal provision preventing the use of confidentiality clauses, the Independent on Sunday said.The Public Interest Disclosure Act says confidentiality cannot be used to prevent the disclosure of information in the public interest. Independent MP Dr...