Nov 20, 2020 | Company Culture
Priti Patel Bullying Enquiry Findings There is a lot of chatter in the news and on social media today about Priti Patel and bullying. In the midst of bullying allegations colleagues have leapt in to defend the Home Secretary. A number have...
Sep 24, 2020 | Company Culture
For the last few years, we’ve looked at the results from the annual NHS staff survey to see how the sector has been performing in the areas of bullying, harassment and speaking up, and if they have been improving over time. The publishing of the National Guardians...
Apr 3, 2019 | Company Culture
For the last few years, we’ve looked at the results from the annual NHS staff survey to see how the sector has been performing in the areas of bullying, harassment and speaking up, and if they have been improving over time. Well, it’s that time of year again, and the...
Apr 1, 2019 | Company Culture
According to acas, bullying in the workplace costs the UK £18b a year – roughly £545 per employee. Putting that in context, if you’ve got 1,000 staff that’s over £500k; if you’ve got 10,000 staff that’s over £5M. Let’s examine the bully, and what guises they...
Mar 27, 2019 | Company Culture
In 2015, Sir Robert Francis completed the second of his two reports for the government into failures at the Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust he had this to say: “The message from staff who have suffered as a result of raising concerns has been loud and...