Trust Board papers November 2012 - Barking Havering and ...

CQC Update Report
2012
assessed at some point in
the future
STAFFING 67. Ensure that its
whistleblowing systems and
processes allow staff a route to
raise concerns early so that
quick action can be taken and
staff feel empowered to raise
concerns.
The Trust’s whistleblowing policy
has been revised and
communicated to staff through
Team Brief, the Link and the
intranet. Staff feedback on the
effectiveness of the policy is now
part of the staff engagement
strategy and new starters will be
audited after six months to see if
they are aware of it. Delivery of
this recommendation is contingent
on cultural change embedding
itself across the Trust (although it
should be noted that CQC has
usually found staff open and
willing to talk frankly about
challenges during inspections,
whether in confidence or openly).
We are now launching a further communications exercise to raise
the profile of the new policy and offer training to staff. In
October 2012 this will include a payslip message and wide
circulation of the attached letter signed by the Chief Executive
and Staff side lead.
Training sessions have now also been arranged on both sites and
will initially run from the end of October to beginning of
December 2012 when they will be reviewed
Claire O’Toole
MET
BUSINESS
AS USUAL
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