From: Minh Alexander MinhAlexander@aol.comSubject: Re Monitoring of whistleblowing governance by Monitor

Date: 5 September 2015 13:19To: David.Bennett@monitor-nhsft.gov.ukCc: FOI@monitor.gov.uk

To#Mr#David#Benne.#Chief#Execu6ve#Monitor,#5#September#2015

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Dear#Mr#Benne.,

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Re#Monitoring#of#whistleblowing#governance#by#Monitor

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I#write#to#ask#for#informa6on#about#whistleblowing#disclosures#to#Monitor.

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1)#It#has#been#considered#good#prac6ce#since#2010#for#the#NHS#to#track#the#number#and#nature#of#concerns#raised#by#staff,#the#handling#of#such#concerns#and#their#outcome,#including#whether#staff #have#suffered#detriment.#[1]

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2)#The#2013#Whistleblowing#Commission#led#by#Sir#Anthony#Hooper#advised#that#prescribed#bodies#such#as#Monitor#should#collate#and#publish#the#following#data:

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“a)#the#number#and#type#of#concerns#received#by#regulators#from#whistleblowers;

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b)#the#number#of#enforcement#ac6ons#that#have#been#triggered#or#contributed#to#by#whistleblowers;

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c)#the#number#of#PIDA#claims#that#have#been#referred#by#the#employment#tribunal#service;[92]

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d)#the#number#of#organisa6ons#which#failed#to#have#in#place#effec6ve#whistleblowing#arrangements#and#what#ac6on#was#taken#as#a#result;”#[2]

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3)#The#Public#Accounts#commi.ee#also#made#a#recommenda6on#for#the#government#and#its#arms#length#bodies,#such#as#Monitor,#to#trends#in#whistleblowing.#[3]

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4)#Last#November,#the#government#accepted#these#good#prac6ce#principles.#[4]

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5)#In#his#Freedom#to#Speak#Up#Review,#Sir#Robert#Francis#again#advised#that#the#number#and#nature#of#NHS#whistleblowing#disclosures#should#be#monitored.#[5]

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To#that#end,#please#could#Monitor#provide#more#detailed#informa6on#about#whistleblowing#disclosures#that#it#has#received.

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Monitor#has#advised#in#its#Annual#reports#of#2013]2014#and#2014]2015#that#it#received#28#and#39#respec6vely#in#these#years.#No#informa6on#has#been#given#in#these#Monitor#reports#about#the#nature#of#these#concerns.#Accordingly,

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i)####Please#may#I#be#provided#with#an#analysis#of#the#nature#of#concerns#for#each#of#these#financial#years#2013]2014#and#2014]2015

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ii)####Please#can#Monitor#advise#whether#it#received#any#no6fica6ons#from#the#Employment#Tribunal#Service#about#PIDA#claims#against#NHS#organisa6ons,#and#if#so,#how#many#did#it#receive#in#each#of#these#financial#years

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iii)####Please#can#Monitor#advise#whether#it#tracks#indicators#of#detriment#suffered#by#NHS#staff #who#have#made#disclosures#to#Monitor,#including#suspension,#disciplinary#ac6on#and#dismissal?#If#Monitor#collates#this#data,#please#could#data#be#provided#for#each#of#the#financial#years#2013]2014#and#2014]2015.

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iv)####Monitor#stated#in#its#annual#report#2014]2015#that#it#inves6gated#all#cases#where#disclosures#raised#poten6al#governance#issues.#Please#could#Monitor#advise#what#the#range#of#Monitor’s#inves6gatory#ac6on#was#in#these#cases,#and#how#many#cases#were#inves6gated#in#each#of#the#financial#years#2013]2014

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Many#thanks

Yours#sincerely,

Dr#Minh#Alexander

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[1]#Speak#Up#for#a#Healthy#NHS.#How#to#implement#and#review#whistleblowing#arrangements#in#your#organisa6on.#Public#Concern#at#Work#and#Social#Partnership#Forum#June#2010

[2]#The#whistleblowing#commission.#Report#on#the#effec6veness#of#exis6ng#arrangements#for#workplace#whistleblowing#in#the#UK.#Sir#Anthony#Hooper#et#al.#Public#Concern#at#Work,#November#2013

[3]#Whistleblowing.#House#of#Commons#Commi.ee#of#Public#Accounts#Ninth#Report#of#Session#2014–15,#August#2014

[4]#Treasury#Minutes#Government#responses#on#the#Ninth;#the#Sixteenth#and#Seventeenth;#and#the#Nineteenth#to#the#Twen6eth#reports#from#the#Commi.ee#of#Public#Accounts:#Session#2014]15;#and#progress#on#Government#Cash#Management.#December#2014.

[5]#Report#of#Freedom#to#Speak#Up#Review#by#Sir#Robert#Francis#QC,#February#2015

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