Former NHS chief who labored at similar hospital belief as Lucy Letby wins £1 million payout | EUROtoday

An NHS belief has been ordered to pay greater than £1 million in damages to its former chief government, Dr Susan Gilby, following a profitable unfair dismissal declare.

Dr Gilby initiated authorized proceedings in opposition to the Countess of Chester NHS Trust after her suspension in December 2022.

She had accused the belief’s chairman, Ian Haythornthwaite, of bullying and harassment.

Dr Gilby took over on the Countess of Chester NHS Trust, the place little one serial killer Lucy Letby labored, weeks after Letby’s arrest in 2018, and subsequently led the organisation by means of the pandemic.

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An employment tribunal dominated final February that Dr Gilby had been unfairly dismissed when she was pressured out of her job after elevating considerations concerning the belief’s then chairman.

She advised the BBC on Thursday she had been awarded £1.4 million in damages, including that she was relieved the case was over and it was “never about the money”.

Her tribunal heard that in July 2022, the previous CEO submitted a grievance in opposition to Mr Haythornthwaite over bullying, harassment and “undermining behaviour”.

She entered into settlement negotiations with the belief as she was being ousted however mentioned she had been required to withdraw her allegations.

In an e mail seen by the tribunal, Dr Gilby wrote: “The requirement that I must withdraw the allegations of bullying, harassment and intimidation I made against the chairman is an absolute red line for me.

“If this means there can be no settlement agreement then so be it. The treatment to which I and others have been subjected by the chairman has been appalling.”

The Countess of Chester NHS Trust has been contacted for remark.