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Policy Papers - National Health Service (NHS) and Care

Title Description: Date published:	Briefing to the Public Accounts Committee Our briefing on the prevalance and problem of gagging clauses in the NHS, with proposals for improvement. December 2011

Title Description: Date published:	Briefing to the Health Select Commmittee Our response to the Health Select Committee's report on accountability of the GMC and the NMC. We outline our concerns regarding the focus on individual duties to blow the whistle rather than organisational failures to address wrongdoing, identify weaknesses to PIDA in the form of protection to GPs and student nurses, as well as examine issues arising more generally in the care and health sectors. July 2011

Title	The Department of Health's consultation: Responsible officers and their duties relating to the medical profession Click here to read our submission to the consultation.

Title: Description: Date published:	Whistleblowing to protect patients The results of a survey of nurses' views on whistleblowing. Click here to open our summary. May 2008

Title Description:	The Shipman Inquiry Submission on whistleblowing in the NHS to The Shipman Inquiry into the case of serial killer Dr Harold Shipman.
Date Published:	September 2003 To view our submission to the Inquiry, click here. To view Guy Dehn’s oral submission click here. The Shipman Inquiry’s recommendations on whistleblowing (published December 2004) can be downloaded here.

Title: Description:	Is Whistleblowing Working in the NHS? The results of a survey into the state of whistleblowing in the National Health Service.
Date Published:	May 2003 Click here to open.

Title Description:	Practical Guidance on Whistleblowing in the NHS Practical guidance for NHS professionals on how they might responsibly raise a concern about possible wrongdoing or malpractice.
Date Published:	March 2002 Click here to open.

Description:	Learning from Bristol Report on Whistleblowing in the NHS in the light of the Kennedy Report into infant deaths at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Date Published:	October 2001 Click here to open. The Government’s response to this Report can be found by clicking here.