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Speak Out Safely Protecting staff who raise concerns
Our Speak Out Safely (SOS) campaign aims to encourage NHS organisations and independent healthcare providers to develop cultures that are honest and
transparent, to actively encourage staff to raise the alarm when they see poor practice,
and to protect them when they do so.
The government to introduce a statutory duty of candour compelling health professionals and managers to be open about care failings
We want
1
We want
2Trusts to sign up to our campaign, making a public commitment to supporting staff who raise concerns
We want
3The government to undertake a wholesale review of the Public Interest Disclosure Act, to ensure whistleblowers who take concerns outside their organisation if they are not taken seriously internally are fully protected
Signing up to Speak out Safely tells your employees that you will support them if they raise concerns over
patient safety
Are you a trust or organisation interested in signing up?
What does signing up involve?
In order to ensure your staff – and the general public – are aware of your commitment we request that you display the SOS logo and pledge prominently on your website.
You can either display the full SOS pledge or the abridged version if you prefer; this includes a link to the full pledge.
What does signing up involve?
Ensure that your whistleblowing policy makes explicit that staff will be supported if they raise concerns; that all staff know where they can find the policy; and that it is publicly available rather than just on your trust intranet.
What does signing up involve?
We would also be grateful if you would include a link to our petition on your website: tinyurl.com/NTSOS-petition
Please email [email protected] for full details, the SOS logo and the full and abridged pledge.
Ask your organisation to sign up
Download the SOS letter template to send to your CEO asking them to make it safe for you and your colleagues to Speak Out
• SOS letter from a group
• SOS letter from an individual
Has your trust signed up to Speak Out Safely?
Tweet SOS
If not, why not tweet about it to your CEO, director of nursing or your trust’s general Twitter profile? Here’s some suggestions for what you might say:
@... Please sign our trust up to @nursingtimesSOS so all staff feel safe to raise concerns about care
@... Signing the trust up to @nursingtimesSOS will show staff, patients and families we take safety seriously
@... Why isn’t the trust signed up to @nursingtimesSOS? Look at all those that are: www.nursingtimes.net/SOS
Watch our interviews with whistleblowers David Drew, Kim Holt and Helene
Donnelley
Who's signed up?Visit
nursingtimes.net/opinion/speak-out-safely/
and find out more
Nursing Times Group Access is a package that we have created to support nurses by completing CPD online. The primary reason this system was created
was to help improve patient care and safety.
It includes updates, support and FAQ on revalidation, access to 5,000 clinical articles, up-to-the minute
news and over 40 learning units which can be completed quickly and easily by your nurses.
Email [email protected] to enquire about access for your nurses or visit
www.nursingtimes.net/subscribe/groupaccess
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