There are approximately 25,000 reports made about safety concerns within the NHS each year. Often referred to colloquially as ‘whistleblowing’, the most common issues reported are inappropriate behaviour and attitudes; worker safety and wellbeing problems; and bullying and harassment.
In this episode of The PJ Pod, Katherine Sole, editor of research and learning at The Pharmaceutical Journal, talks to Beth Carter, interim director of operations and strategy at the National Guardians Office, and Mark Pitt, pharmacist and director of defence services at the Pharmacists’ Defence Association. They set out what anyone working in pharmacy should know if they are thinking about speaking up.
This episode was produced by Geoff Marsh.
Further resources
- National Guardian’s Office;
- Pharmacists’ Defence Association;
- ‘Freedom to speak up’, NHS England;
- Protect, a UK whistleblowing charity;
- The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
- ‘Whistleblowing in pharmacy: know your rights and obligations’, The Pharmaceutical Journal;
- The Francis Report: Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry;
- ‘Transforming care: a national response to Winterbourne View Hospital’, Department of Health and Social Care.
