FOI/25/346

Request

1. Please answer yes or no. In January 2025 was your Trust conducting any… internal review / investigation / report being compiled…   into a consultant that has had concerns raised about him or her (ie. a whistleblower has come forward and named the person)?
   By the use of word consultant, we are presuming this is referencing Medical staff - No
    
2. Please answer yes or no. In January 2025 was your Trust conducting any… internal review / investigation / report being compiled…    into a junior doctor that has had concerns raised about him or her (ie. a whistleblower has come forward and named the person)?
   No
    
3. Please answer yes or no. In January 2025 was your Trust conducting any… internal review / investigation / report being compiled…   into a nurse that has had concerns raised about him or her (ie. a whistleblower has come forward and named the person)?
   3 cases raised by One Division. 1 case was a complaint raised by a patient, 2 cases concerns raised by 2 individual patients parent in regards to 2 individual nurses (separate cases).
    
4. Please answer yes or no. Has your Trust conducted / started or concluded an internal or external review / investigation of a medical member of staff since January 1^st 2023 following a whistleblower or patient raising concerns? 
   Yes
    
5. Please answer yes or no. If you answered yes to question 4 -  did the member of medical staff being investigated continue to have contact with patients whilst the… review/investigation/report being written… was ongoing? 
   No for all
    
6. If you answered yes to Question 4, is the member(s) of staff that was investigated / reviewed still working at your Trust following the review conclusions? 
   Yes for all
    
7. If you answered yes to Question 4, for those reports that have concluded, was the member of staff that was investigated / reviewed found to have fallen short of the standards your Trust would expect from their medical staff?
   N/A One case investigation has concluded and hearing scheduled. 2 cases investigation ongoing.
    
8. If you answered yes to Question 4, how many members of medical staff were reviewed/ investigated following an internal whistleblower raising concerns? 
   0 as concerns where not raised by internal whistleblower.
    
9. If you answered yes to Question 4, was the whistleblower also investigated? 
   N/A
    
10. Please answer yes or no. Do you have any experience of a malicious whistleblower? If yes, please share further details if able. 
    No
     
11. Please share any review conclusions / reports / write ups where possible.
    N/A
     
12. Please share any further details of your whistleblower policy here. How do you manage whistleblowers when they raise concerns? 
    We would reference the FTSU Policy/ NHS England/NHS Improvement Freedom to speak up; raising concerns (whistleblowing) policy for the NHS, April 2016. Depending on outcomes and themes we would then follow specific policies.