Aug 27, 2020 | Company Culture
Who are Freedom to Speak Up Guardians? The Freedom to Speak Up Guardian acts as an independent and impartial source of advice to staff at any stage of raising a concern, with access to anyone in the organisation, including the chief executive, or if necessary, outside...
Oct 7, 2019 | Company Culture
What are Freedom to Speak Up Guardians? The Freedom to Speak Up Guardian acts as an independent and impartial source of advice to staff at any stage of raising a concern, with access to anyone in the organisation, including the chief executive, or if necessary,...
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...
Dec 17, 2018 | Our Thoughts
Reflection on 2018 As this year has unfolded it has not been without its headlines of bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace, Westminster, NHS staff, care homes and the latest to hit the news; Ted Baker. Poor governance saw Patisserie Valerie in trouble and...
Mar 21, 2018 | Company Culture
Three years ago we looked at the results from the annual NHS staff survey to see how the sector was performing in the areas of bullying, harassment and speaking up. Our conclusions then were that the survey showed improvements but there were still staff that felt they...