The comments come in the midst of accusations over Great Ormond Street Hospital's involvement in the Peter Connelly case.
Liberal Democrat MP and equalities minister Lynne Featherstone has been campaigning on behalf of whistleblower Dr Kim Holt, who raised concerns about the hospital's child protection practices before the death of Peter Connelly, but was subsequently put on "special leave" by her employers. The hospital's trust has strongly denied Featherstone's claims of a "cover-up".
Francesca West, policy director at Public Concern at Work, warned that media stories about professionals who have spoken out but have been treated badly risk deterring workers from raising the alarm about bad practice.
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