Submitted on Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Rejected on Monday 12th April 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Relevant Departments
Make Whistleblowing & responding a contractual obligation for Healthcare staff
Protect passionate Healthcare staff who dedicate their lives to the care of others by making it a contractual obligation for clinical staff to Whistleblow, and especially for managerial staff to investigate, resolve, & report on the concerns raised & make the same reports available for scrutiny.
The current regulatory systems contain multiple obligations to report & respond to concerns, but, they haven't achieved their objective with whistleblowers being victimised with open hostility, confirmed by Sir Robert Francis in his report & later reviews. Thereafter self-directed honesty has failed time & time again. This mandate could be incorporated into The Public Information Disclosure (protection) Bill or The Office for Whistleblower Bill which are currently in the Parliamentary Process.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise.
The specific content of healthcare professionals’ contracts is a matter for the NHS or their employer, not the UK Government or Parliament. The Government is therefore not responsible for imposing specific contractual obligations on healthcare workers.
You could start a petition calling for the introduction of a legal obligation on healthcare professionals to whistleblow, if that's something you'd like to see happen.
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