- Concern involving agency staff
- Concern involving fraud
- Concern within a small organisation
- Where business as usual has not worked
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A locum pharmacist worked for two weeks at a community pharmacy… |
January 2020 |
- Moving from business as usual into the Standards
- Staff feeling vulnerable
- Where business as usual has not worked
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A support worker regularly attends multi-disciplinary team meetings regarding the care of a patient who they have day-to… |
January 2020 |
- Concern about senior management
- Concern involving fraud
- Serious concern requiring Stage 2 investigation
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A secretary for a director of a board is concerned that the director has submitted multiple fraudulent expense claims… |
January 2020 |
- Concern involving a volunteer
- Concern involving HR
- Serious concern requiring Stage 2 investigation
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A volunteer in a children’s ward comes in to read to the children once a week… |
January 2020 |
- Advice from INWO
- Concern within a small organisation
- Primary care concern involving the board
- Using the confidential contact
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A dental nurse has concerns that equipment at the surgery isn’t being serviced and maintained appropriately… |
January 2020 |
- Concern involving a contractor
- Concern within a small organisation
- Handling a concern directly at Stage 2 due to timescales
- Moving from business as usual into the Standards
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A part-time dental nurse in a dental practice with four dentists feels they are being bullied into working longer hours… |
January 2020 |
- Concern involving HR
- Serious concern requiring Stage 2 investigation
- Where business as usual has not worked
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A junior doctor felt over-worked, and when this had been going on for several months, they did not feel safe to sustain… |
January 2020 |
- Moving from business as usual into the Standards
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A cleaner within a hospital has noticed that new cleaning chemicals for the hospital have come in without appropriate… |
January 2020 |
- Handling a concern directly at Stage 2 due to timescales
- Health and social care setting
- Using the confidential contact
- Where business as usual has not worked
- ‘Masking’ an investigation
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A physiotherapist working in a rehab service notices issues with social work assessments for their clients… |
January 2020 |
- Concern involving HR
- Health and social care setting
- Using the confidential contact
- Where business as usual has not worked
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A social care worker in an integrated health and social care team raises concerns that staff from across the service are… |
January 2020 |