Failure of senior management at Post Office

Sir, The act quashing the convictions of sub-postmasters highlights the need not just for a “Hillsborough law” in relation to candour from organisations but also the need to address the problem of senior executives and managers being complicit in the covering up of problems for the sake of the reputation/financial benefit of the organisation. Registered professionals in England are required to “whistleblow” if they are aware that there are situations such as those with Lucy Letby’s murder of seven infants and attempted murder of six others at Chester Hospital. The Francis report in 2015 into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust found a culture of covering up mistakes and bad practice that put patients at risk, and where managers bullied staff not to report