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- Background: Whistle-blowing provides an avenue for healthcare workers to express their concerns when there is a breach of patients' safety. Most healthcare organizations have policies in place to prevent reprisals on whistle-blowers. Despite these protective measures, whistle-blowing often leads to negative consequences.
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It is vital for patient safety that statutory bodies play a leading role in assuring potential whistleblowers that they will not be penalized for raising concerns. The question then remains ‘How can it be that selfless and ethically sound behaviour continues to be punished by the medical establishment?’
Jul 3, 2011 · Whistleblowing has a tortured history in the NHS although it has been recognized by authoritative reviewers as making an important contribution to patient safety. 1,2 In a highly critical 6th Report the House of Commons Health Committee stated ‘The NHS remains largely unsupportive of whistleblowing, with many staff fearful about the ...
- Stephen Bolsin, Rita Pal, Peter Wilmshurst, Milton Pena
- 2011
Sep 1, 2021 · Negative consequences to whistle-blowers include occupational, legal, financial, socioemotional, and other (e.g., physical health, character assassination) effects. Positive consequences to clinical services include improvements to patient safety and in successes of employment tribunal claims, settlements, and court injunctions.
- Charmaine R Lim, Melvyn W B Zhang, Syeda F Hussain, Roger C M Ho
- 2017
Jun 27, 2013 · The findings published in the Francis Report1 in February have prompted the publication of new guidance designed to encourage and support doctors to voice concerns about patient safety.
- Kathy Oxtoby
- 2013
Sep 5, 2019 · This paper provides a platform for future research on whistleblowing in healthcare, at a time when policymakers are increasingly aware of its role in ensuring patient safety and care quality.
- John Blenkinsopp, Nick Snowden, Russell Mannion, Martin Powell, Huw Davies, Ross Millar, Jean McHale
- 2019
Nov 13, 2019 · Staff willingness to report threats to patient safety is critical to preventing errors and improving safety and is an indicator of an organization’s safety culture. The authors discuss studies exploring what factors influence whistleblowing, organizational responses, and implications for practice or policy.
Mar 6, 2024 · Nancy Olivieri chose to safeguard patients rather than protect her career when she blew the whistle on a drug trial she was leading. She tells The BMJ of her near 30 year fight for transparency and safety and why it will probably never be over.
