- 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 |
- Concern involving fraud
- Concern within a small organisation
- Primary care concern involving the board
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A practice nurse becomes aware that a district nurse is claiming for over-time from the board for hours they are not… |
January 2020 |
- Concern involving agency staff
- Serious concern requiring Stage 2 investigation
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A bank nurse on a care of the elderly ward raised concerns with the bank about the treatment and neglect of patients… |
January 2020 |
- Concern moving from Stage 1 to Stage 2
- Serious concern requiring Stage 2 investigation
- Staff feeling vulnerable
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An experienced hospital administrator was working in a team of ten, which had significant staff turnover and had to… |
January 2020 |
- Potentially malicious concern
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A manager is approached by a nurse who says that they would like to initiate the whistleblowing procedure for concerns… |
January 2020 |
- Concern involving a contractor
- Serious concern requiring Stage 2 investigation
- Staff feeling vulnerable
- Using the confidential contact
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A lab technician for a national NHS contract is concerned that there is a problem with the blood tests their company… |
January 2020 |
- Concern involving a contractor
- Health and social care setting
- Where business as usual has not worked
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A health care assistant in a day centre for older people is concerned that one of their regular visitors is not… |
January 2020 |
- Moving from business as usual into the Standards
- Where business as usual has not worked
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A nurse was concerned about inadequate staffing levels in the ward… |
January 2020 |
- Resolving an issue through business as usual
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A GP practice manager notices that the record for monitoring the medication in the fridge has not been kept up-to-date… |
January 2020 |