Friday 02 May 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8412
Date Request Received: 29/01/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 21/02/2025 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Whistleblowing policy
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: Please can you provide answers to the below questions under the FOI act. Please answer yes or no. In January 2025 was your Trust conducting any… internal review / investigation / report being compiled… into a consultant that has had concerns raised about him or her (ie. a whistleblower has come forward and named the person)? | |
| Answer To Question 1: No | |
| Question Number 2: Please answer yes or no. In January 2025 was your Trust conducting any… internal review / investigation / report being compiled… into a junior doctor that has had concerns raised about him or her (ie. a whistleblower has come forward and named the person)? | |
| Answer To Question 2: No | |
| Question Number 3: Please answer yes or no. In January 2025 was your Trust conducting any… internal review / investigation / report being compiled… into a nurse that has had concerns raised about him or her (ie. a whistleblower has come forward and named the person)? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Yes | |
| Question Number 4: Please answer yes or no. Has your Trust conducted / started or concluded an internal or external review / investigation of a medical member of staff since January 1st 2023 following a whistleblower or patient raising concerns? | |
| Answer To Question 4: No | |
| Question Number 5: Please answer yes or no. If you answered yes to question 4 - did the member of medical staff being investigated continue to have contact with patients whilst the… review/investigation/report being written… was ongoing? | |
| Answer To Question 5: N/A | |
| Question Number 6: If you answered yes to Question 4, is the member(s) of staff that was investigated / reviewed still working at your Trust following the review conclusions? | |
| Answer To Question 6: N/A | |
| Question Number 7: If you answered yes to Question 4, for those reports that have concluded, was the member of staff that was investigated / reviewed found to have fallen short of the standards your Trust would expect from their medical staff? | |
| Answer To Question 7: N/A | |
| Question Number 8: If you answered yes to Question 4, how many members of medical staff were reviewed/ investigated following an internal whistleblower raising concerns? | |
| Answer To Question 8: N/A | |
| Question Number 9: If you answered yes to Question 4, was the whistleblower also investigated? | |
| Answer To Question 9: N/A | |
| Question Number 10: Please answer yes or no. Do you have any experience with a malicious whistleblower? If yes, please share further details if able. (An example of a malicious whistleblower is someone that reports a colleague purely because they want to cause that person repetitional harm, not because they have any actual knowledge of them falling below expected standards for the trust). | |
| Answer To Question 10: No | |
| Question Number 11: Please share any review conclusions / reports / write ups where possible. | |
| Answer To Question 11: N/A | |
| Question Number 12: Please share any further details of your whistleblower policy here. How do you manage whistleblowers when they raise concerns? | |
| Answer To Question 12: SFT has the national template Freedom to Speak Up Policy which has been updated to include local contacts. Link to Policy; https://app.eolasmedical.com/organisation/Salisbury%20NHS%20Foundation%20Trust/content-repository/5c04d7a4-b038-4822-bdec-feb0c4d103c7/779bc1b1-c2dc-482b-b78f-823c3726afb9/cbfbb138-13d6-428a-9025-943d15b62ea6/551e7d6a-47cb-4b72-a685-f99e068ba05f Workers are supported in speaking up, barriers to speaking up are addressed, the matters raised are used as opportunities for learning and improvement. The Freedom to Speak Up Guardian role is independent, however has strong partnership working at all levels within the organisation to identify appropriate contacts and escalation routes as sources of support for anything that might be spoken up about. | |
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