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NHS: Disclosure of Information

Commons · Question 91827 · Tabled 17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

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Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that concerns raised by NHS whistleblowers on patient safety are (a) recorded, (b) escalated and (c) reviewed.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 26 Nov 2025

There are a number of avenues through which healthcare workers can speak up and raise concerns, with established procedures in place to record, act on, and escalate issues as needed.In England, more than 1,300 Freedom to Speak Up Guardians now support sta...