The Inside Story EP.3: Elle Holland Protect's podcast, The Inside Story, dives deep into the world of whistleblowing, uncovering the untold tales from behind closed doors. Whistleblowers provide their employers with the gift of information but are too often victimised for doing so. Join Protect, the UK's whistleblowing charity, as we discover the secrets, scandals ... Read more
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Bi-weekly News Round-Up/24 August
Lucy Letby Whistleblowing stops harm – but only when whistleblowers are heard. Could deaths have been avoided if concerns raised about Lucy Letby had been acted on sooner? This week Andrew Pepper-Parsons, Director of Policy at Protect, and Elizabeth Gardiner, CEO Protect, appeared on both Sky News and TalkTv. + Hospital bosses ignored months of … Read more
Protect’s Lucy Letby Statement
Protect’s Lucy Letby Statement: Time to review how whistleblowing is dealt with in the NHS Our thoughts are with the families whose lives have been torn apart by the despicable crimes of Lucy Letby. We welcome the Government’s inquiry so that improvements can be made to the system, including how concerns are raised and addressed. … Read more
Template – Disclosure to the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority
Dear [FCA Intelligence Department / PRA Whistleblowing team], [In light of your role as a prescribed person under the Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA) 1998] I am writing to you to raise a whistleblowing concern in respect of [name of firm or individual(s) whom your report concerns]. At this point, you may wish to provide … Read more
Bi-weekly News Round-Up/03 August
The fight against gagging clauses Abusing NDAs to silence whistleblowers benefits no one. The fight to reform the use of gagging clauses continues. (Campaign Live) Whistleblower consequences Yet again, we are faced with another story of whistleblowers being ignored. It is crucial to protect those who bravely speak up in order to create an … Read more
Advice for Union Reps supporting migrant whistleblowers
Protect was contacted by a Union representative who was supporting a group of migrant workers in a care home. They sought our support on the whistleblowing aspects of their members’ cases. The members were not UK nationals and had obtained jobs through a recruitment agency. They were made to pay a significant amount in recruitment ... Read more
Are you sure you want to post this? Whistleblowers online
The Challenges and Opportunities of Whistleblowing on Social Media Whistleblowing in the UK is typically split into three categories – disclosures made internally to your employer, externally to prescribed persons such as regulators, and externally to anyone else. The latter are known as “wider disclosures” and include raising concerns with non-prescribed regulators, going to the … Read more
Bi-weekly News Round-Up/ 05 July
Whistleblower rewards Whistleblower receives large compensation following detrimental effects of whistleblowing: bullying, harassment and intimidation. Hopefully a lesson learnt by Royal Mail to address whistleblowing concerns and support whistleblowers from the start. (Personnel Today) NHS in need of change NHS culture hitting a new low as senior members come forward expressing deep worries for the … Read more
Smells like Teen Whistleblowing
Generation Z is the first demographic cohort to have grown up with access to the internet. How will those of us born between 1995 and 2010 impact the future of whistleblowing? Will “woke snowflakes” raise the alarm at the drop of a beanie or has unrelenting exposure to global tragedy desensitised ‘Zoomers’? Whistleblowing is more … Read more
Should UK regulators be paying more rewards to whistleblowers?
They say everything’s bigger in America. This month, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced it will increase the maximum amount it pays out to whistleblowers providing information on cartel activity from £100,000 to £250,000. It may sound a lot, but it’s dwarfed by the $279 million paid out to a single whistleblower by ... Read more