NHSSscotland Confidential Alert Line six month review: 1 February 2015 - 31 July 2015

Footnotes

1. Admitted would apply where the organisation accepted that the concern was valid, i.e. accepted immediately or after an investigation.

2. Public Concern at Work, "Whistleblowing: the inside story", http://www.pcaw.org.uk/, published May 2013.

3. The numbers for three of the monthly reports we have previously prepared for NHSScotland had changed since we compiled the cumulative data for the 6 month review. The number of public cases in February, April and June have been updated. These changes are to be expected and part of running a live case management system. Advice line calls consist of case work and situations are developing each time we talk to a caller. It is not uncommon that clients are reluctant to provide personal or employer contact information until subsequent calls. This will then be updated in the system at a later date and can result in cases being re-categorised after the monthly report for that period has already been sent. These changes will then be picked up by the evaluation which look back over a larger time period.