NHSScotland whistleblowing helpline evaluation: 1 February to 31 October 2019

Evaluation by Protect of the NHS Scotland whistleblowing helpline during the period 1 February 2019 to 31 October 2019.


Running Totals: Public cases

The running totals of the number of public interest concerns received to the advice line for NHS Scotland during this nine-month period are shown in the following table:

NHS Scotland Public Interest Concerns (2017-18) [3] Running Total (August 18- January 19) Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug
Sept Oct Running Total (February 19- October 19)
Patient Safety 14 1 0 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 13
Public Safety 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethical concerns 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Working practices 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 7
Abuse of vulnerable person 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Work Safety 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Crime 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Financial malpractice 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Unknown 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Other 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Public Interest Concerns 34 6 1 5 5 3 4 1 2 5 32[4]

Contact

Email: John.malone@gov.scot

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