Blogger’s Note: This is what the NHS will eventually become when the slow and painful privatisation process is complete – and US healthcare companies control the British medical system. Theft, violence, torture, rape, drug addiction, and murder. Until the privatisation is reversed – all NHS hospitals will manifest these behaviours to a lesser or greater extent. Killing patients is usually presented as “saving money” and “easing suffering” – all cynical of course. Those NHS staff who collude with government cuts – just to pay their mortgage and go on the next cruise – should be arrested, tried, and put in prison! Unqualified staff working in a medicalised environment is itself dangerous. The government does this to save money. Employing foreign staff with no experience of Western culture is dangerous for obvious reasons. Men thinking they can touch women whenever they want is a product of a lack of socio-economic development – and religious views that are misogynist toward women. Violence toward ill patients may be acceptable elsewhere – but not here. And then there are the British staff who think the publicly funded NHS is a playground for their all-round degeneracy. This is what happens when predatory capitalism is preferred to Socialism. When cost wins-out over care. What a sh’t storm it has all become! ACW (23.9.2025)
Rachel Smith Court reporter – 07:45, 21 SEP 2025
As former consultant Dr Amal Bose begins a prison sentence the tally of staff from Blackpool Victoria Hospital to have been jailed for criminal offences committed at work continues to rise.
Bose is the sixth staff member to have been jailed since police were called in to investigate allegations of neglect on the hospital’s stroke unit in 2018. The arrogant surgeon molested younger, female staff members on the cardiothoracic unit after he was promoted to be head of department.
The unit had a toxic culture – with Bose at the heart of it, Preston Crown Court heard. He attempted to pass off his predatory behaviour as ‘banter’ but his victims were left feeling helpless due to his seniority.
But troubles at the Whinney Road hospital run deeper with ongoing investigations into allegations of neglect, mistreatment, and possible corporate failings.
Last week, Lancashire Police confirmed the stroke unit is at the centre of a major investigation, Operation Bermuda, which is considering offences including corporate manslaughter, corporate ill-treatment, wilful neglect, and breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
The investigation comes after staff nurse Catherine Hudson and healthcare assistant Charlotte Wilmot were jailed for their roles in a neglect scandal. During a 2023 trial, Preston Crown Court heard how difficult patients would be sedated to give the staff an easier shift.
Their trial heard that, in 2017 and 2018, there was “a culture of abuse” on the stroke unit, with staff able to help themselves to Zopiclone, a strong sedative, and other drugs for their own use or to drug patients. Some reportedly used the drugs to manage the effects of class A substances, the court heard.
Band 7 staff nurse Marek Grabianowski, 46, was also jailed for 14 months for conspiracy to steal prescription drugs and perverting the course of justice. Two colleagues were also handed non-custodial sentences.
While none of the patients connected to those convictions died, police enquiries have since uncovered additional disturbing concerns. In 2021, it also emerged that police were reviewing the deaths of eight other patients treated on the unit in 2018 as part of allegations of mistreatment and neglect. Those inquests remain outstanding.
Within days of being called in to investigate the unit – after a student nurse reported concerns over what she had seen on her placement – beloved grandmother Valerie Kneale died after being admitted to the stroke unit. As a result of the investigation, detectives discovered Mrs Kneale had been ‘forcefully sexually assaulted’ and died as a result of her injuries.
Blackpool coroner Alan Wilson ruled Mrs Kneale’s stroke did not contribute to her death but despite lengthy investigations and multiple appeals, no-one has been brought to justice for the unlawful killing.
However the continued scrutiny of the hospital has resulted in a number of further convictions.
In February 2024, locum doctor Xowi Mwimbi was jailed for 12 months after he was convicted of punching a dementia patient in the face. Preston Crown Court heard how the doctor had been warned the patient’s condition could cause outbursts, but when he used a racist term, the doctor forced his head away and punched him.
The jury concluded that the doctor was not acting in self-defence and found him guilty of ill-treatment by a care worker. He was jailed for 12 months.
In May 2023, Hernando Puno, a healthcare worker on the stroke unit, was jailed for nine months after being convicted of five counts of sexual assault. Puno, of Onslow Road, Blackpool, was first warned about his behaviour in 2014, but his victim felt her complaint was not taken seriously.
In total, five women complained about the way the ‘jokey’ colleague touched and kissed them while they were at work. None of the convictions related to Valerie Kneale.
In March 2025, Dr Aloaye Foy-Yamah was banned from practicing for 12 months after a General Medical Council tribunal found he had raped a female colleague. The civil hearing heard Dr Foy-Yamah had been accused of raping a female colleague in December 2018. He has consistently denied committing any offence.
In a statement, Lancashire Police said they were unable to proceed with a prosecution due to ‘evidencial difficulties’ however the GMC hearing found ‘on the balance of probability’ – a lower standard of proof than is required in criminal cases. The case brought the profession into disrepute and Dr Foy-Yamah was banned from practicing.
Fletchers Solicitors is representing the families of a number of patients to have been treated on the stroke unit. Christian Beadell, Partner of the Medical Negligence team and Head of Group Actions, said: “We have been approached to help people treated within the stroke unit and have had first-hand accounts of the care people received.
“I think the investigation is another step forward to seeking answers. Transparency and openness are incredibly important when healthcare professionals are dealing with patients.
“It strikes me that if people felt they could come forward earlier then some of these incidents may not have occurred. You don’t expect to encounter these types of issues when you are critically ill and we hope that the investigation can surface the responsibility for some of these things on an organisational level.
“This is reflective of the severity of what has taken place, and the hope is that lessons from this will be learned across other NHS Trusts to prevent something like this happening again.”
The hospital trust has undergone significant leadership changes since 2018 and has stated that it is fully co-operating with the police’s Operation Bermuda investigation.
Speaking after Bose was jailed, Maggie Oldham, Chief Executive at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, said: “Our thoughts remain with all those affected by the actions of Mr Bose, and we thank our staff for the bravery and courage they have shown throughout the police investigation and trial of Mr Bose.
“As a Trust, we have cooperated with the police throughout their investigation into Mr Bose who has not worked at the Trust since December 2022. We have been truly shocked and saddened by the experiences of the victims, and we will now be supporting all colleagues as we move forward together.”
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 