Nursing needs its leaders to respond to FrancisSpeak Out Safely
The aim of our Speak Out Safely (SOS) campaign is to help bring about an NHS that is not only honest and transparent but also actively encourages staff to raise the alarm and protects them when they do so.
We want:
- The government to introduce a statutory duty of candour compelling health professionals and managers to be open about care failings
- Trusts to add specific protection for staff raising concerns to their whistleblowing policies
- The government to undertake a wholesale review of the Public Interest Disclosure Act, to ensure whistleblowers are fully protected.
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Patient Safety Congress supports Speak out Safely
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Clinical research
'Nurses must get involved in national debates to be heard'
I qualified as a nurse more than 17 years ago and, as a result of that, I have seen three governments run the NHS, continuous changes and a whole host of health-service scandals that have ended in increased scrutiny and criticism by the media and by society.
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After Francis: the government response
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Bullying in nursing and ways of dealing with it
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Mandatory registration for healthcare assistants
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Changing the culture of the health service
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How should Francis change nursing practice?
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Does the risk of reprisal prevent nurses in the NHS from blowing the whistle on bad practice?
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The NHS must support its staff to speak out against poor practice
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Debate
Jennie Fecitt: 'Ensure staff can question poor practice without fear of reprisal'
It is wrong that employers who do not do enough to protect staff from retaliation can hide behind their inaction and escape liability, says Jennie Fecitt
Why Speak Out Safely?
Cathy James: 'Speak Out Safely challenges the culture of fear and intimidation'
Every day on our advice line we hear from nurses facing difficulties when trying to blow the whistle.
