Speaking Up needn’t be lonely
On International Nurses Day, Dr Jayne Chidgey-Clark reflects on her speaking up experience as a nurse and how…...
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What is the National Guardian's Office?
The National Guardian’s Office and the role of the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian were created in response to recommendations made in Sir Robert Francis QC’s report “The Freedom to Speak Up” (2015).
These recommendations were made as Sir Robert found that NHS culture did not always encourage or support workers to speak up, and that patients and workers suffered as a result.
The office leads, trains and supports a network of Freedom to Speak Up Guardians in England and conducts speaking up reviews to identify learning and support improvement of the speaking up culture of the healthcare sector.
There are over 800 guardians in NHS and independent sector organisations, national bodies and elsewhere that ensure workers can speak up about any issues impacting on their ability to do their job. The National Guardian’s Office also provides challenge and learning to the healthcare system as a whole as part of its remit.
About the National Guardian
Dr Jayne Chidgey-Clark
Dr Chidgey-Clark is a registered nurse with more than 30 years’ experience in the NHS, higher education, voluntary and private sectors. Most recently she was a non-executive director at NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group where she was a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian.
She is the Independent Chair for the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board. She also worked with the NHS England New Care Models Programme for three years as a Clinical Associate and has been working as a consultant and coach with and in the NHS since March 2015. Her specialist clinical area is end of life care in which she was awarded her PhD.
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No room for complacency on speaking up, national guardian tells Nursing Times
... https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/leadership-news/no-room-for-complacency-on-speaking-up-national-guardian-tells-nursing-times-20-05-2022/
TY to my HR Colleagues @GlosHealthNHS who make my job the best! Always there to listen, follow up and improve the Speak Up Culture @NatGuardianFTSU ... @NeilSavageNHS @alikoeltgen formerly @TinaRicketts3 @LindsayAsh53 Dave Smith. Also other HR & OD colleagues TY #InternationalHRDay
