| Heading: |
NHS: Disclosure of Information |
| Question ID: |
1785971 |
| UIN: |
39316 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5219 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mike Martin
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mike Martin
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) strengthen protections for NHS whistleblowers and (b) prevent repercussions for those who raise patient safety concerns. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
The Government has been clear that the silencing of whistleblowers will not be tolerated, and that National Health Service staff should have the confidence to speak out and come forward if they have concerns.There is a network of more than 1,200 local Fre... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |