Whistleblowing support for healthcare providers from the UK's leading expert.
In healthcare, silence can cost lives. When frontline staff feel unable to speak up about unsafe care, misconduct, or systemic failures, patients suffer and reputations are damaged.
Protect helps NHS Trusts, independent providers, and care organisations build robust whistleblowing systems. We work with your leadership to create a culture where concerns are heard, acted on, and used to improve care.
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Why healthcare providers work with us.
Protect gives healthcare organisations independent expertise to strengthen patient safety, meet regulatory demands, and foster cultures of openness and trust.
Protecting patients and enhancing care quality.
We help you put in place whistleblowing systems that act as an early warning for patient safety risks, clinical malpractice, or systemic failures. By ensuring concerns reach the right people quickly, we support timely interventions that improve outcomes and safeguard lives.
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Building a culture of psychological safety.
Fear of retaliation has long silenced staff in healthcare. We work with leaders, managers, and Freedom to Speak Up Guardians to embed a culture where staff feel safe and empowered to raise concerns, building trust and reducing the risks of misconduct going unreported.
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Strengthening regulatory compliance and oversight.
Healthcare is under constant scrutiny from the CQC and professional bodies like the GMC and NMC. We provide tools and guidance to ensure your whistleblowing framework not only meets these standards but demonstrates to regulators your commitment to accountability and improvement.
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Driving organisational learning and resilience.
Every concern raised is an opportunity to strengthen care delivery. We help you capture, analyse, and act on issues in ways that reveal system weaknesses, prevent repeat failures, and build resilience to future crises.
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Protect are our 'go to' team for advice and support. The guidance they provide is always considered, accurate and professional.
The fact that this is an exercise carried out by Protect, a respected, independent organisation, also gives the results some weight.
The Benchmark helped us to highlight further improvement opportunities for G4S's whistleblowing arrangements.
Why is an effective whistleblowing framework so vital for healthcare providers?
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We’ll help you move from tick-box compliance to real integrity.
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