Note: If you wish to make a complaint related to patient care and treatment, please consider speaking with our Patient Advise and Liaison Service.
If colleagues need to raise a concern, they can speak with any of the following Speak Up Partners:
- Your line manager or supervisor
- Speak up guardians and champions
- Your tutor or Education Lead
- Qi & Governance teams
- Health and Wellbeing
- NHS Fraud
- HR team
- Guardian for Safe Working
- Trade Union
- EDI team
- Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) or Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)
- Patient Safety team
- Staff safety and security Lead
Alternatively, independent advice can be sought through the National Whistleblowing Helpline on 0800 072 4725.
If a colleague, or former colleague, wishes to raise a concern:
If possible. Please speak initially to the most appropriate Speak Up Partner listed above or contact the Speaking Up helpline on 01302 644300 or contact the confidential email service on dbth.guardian@nhs.net
For further information on raising a concern with the Speaking Up Guardian and the process, click here.
Speaking Up publications
Our Speaking Up Guardians are:
- Paula Hill (Lead)
- Roy Underwood
Our Speaking Up Executive and Non-Executive Leads are:
- Zoe Lintin (Executive Lead for Speaking Up and Chief People Officer)
- Hazel Brand (Non-Executive Director and Lead for Speaking Up)
Our DBTH Speaking Up Champions Information and Agreement guidance can be viewed here.
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