It Doesn't Happen Everywhere. It Shouldn't Happen Anywhere.: Bullying and Harassment in the NHS - Book Two

by David McCaffrey

‘Do No Harm’ contained reflection from those who have suffered at the hands of colleagues. This will do the same.

"But whereas that book looked at the very nature of bullying and harassment and tried to offer a hypothesis for what it actually was, this book will take a look at the effect such behaviours can have on the professional abilities, confidence and very practices of a nurse, whilst considering the effect it may have on patients as a consequence."It will also touch upon the COVID-19 pandemic and how that helped forge a different type of bully.

"As for the title, this was a statement said to me by a Director of Nursing and Director of Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC for short) when discussing bullying on a ward I had been made privy to. After explaining the situation to her, she responded by telling me, “Ah, but David, it doesn’t happen everywhere” to which I responded “but it shouldn’t happen anywhere.”

Pretty shocking, don’t you think?"

123 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 15, 2023

About the author

David lives in Redcar in the North East of England and currently works as an Infection Prevention and Control nurse in Hertfordshire. He has a Kelly, a Jake, a Liam a Moo Man, an Obi (the dog), a Padme, Ahsoka, and an Anakin (cats).

A huge fan of Steve Alten, John Grisham and Lee Childs, David loves reading as much as he enjoys writing. Hellbound was his first novel, all thanks to Britain's Next Bestseller and the aforementioned Steve Alten who took a chance on him as a writing coach client and taught him so much about what it takes to be a writer. It was voted by W H Smith readers as one of 2014's most underrated crime novels.

His second book, the novella prequel to Hellbound titled 'In Extremis' was published in 2015 and was a Semi finalist in the Kindle Book Awards 2016.
David ghost wrote 'By Any Means Necessary' with Stephen Sayers, released in 2016 and then returned to his Hellbound Anthology in 2017 with 'Nameless'.
All are available on Audible.co.uk.

’The Warmest Place to Hide', David's homage to all things David Cronenberg, was released in August 2018.
Two personal projects concerning bullying in the NHS were released in 2018 and 2021 respectively.

After a few years away from writing to deal with life stuff, David is back with a bang, with action-thriller ONE out now, Pandora, a horror book due out before the end of 2025 and a novella sequel to ONE due out in December 2025