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Meeting of the Board of Directors Thursday 27 th October 2022 Freedom to Speak Up report 1 st April 2022 to 30 th September 2022

1. Background The Freedom To Speak Up Guardian’s role is to support staff to effectively raise concerns, address barriers to speaking up and foster a positive speaking up culture so that concerns raised are viewed as an opportunity for learning and improvement. This report presents the regular six month update on activity to the Board of Directors. 2. Activity The Freedom to Speak Up Guardian continues to attend meetings, induction and medical induction to highlight the importance of speaking up and listening. Promotion of these messages is supported by the Freedom to Speak Up champions. October is Freedom to Speak Up month and the Speak up messages have been promoted according to the themes outlined by the National Guardians’ Office. The Local induction pack templates refer to Freedom to Speak Up Guardian. People and culture plan 2022-2025, currently under consultation, sets out how we will value, support and develop our staff to create a thriving and sustainable workforce, and reference is made to the ambition that “We are comfortable to speak up and enjoy coming to work.” 3. National guidance and reports Throughout the last six months 3 reports or guidance have been issued and reviewed. Any learning identified and progress with the actions required are monitored by the Workforce Committee. The reports are as follows: a. National Guardians Office annual report 2021/2022. The headline figures from this report are below with the Christie comparison for 2021/2022. National results 2021/2022 The Christie results 2021/2022 Element in concern of: Patient safety/quality 19.1% 2.1% Worker safety 13.7% 4.3% Who is speaking up? Senior leader 2.9% 4.6% Manager 15.2% 36.4% Worker 74.9% 50.0% Not disclosed 7.0% 9.1% Anonymous 10.4% 9.1% Percentages for patient and worker safety concerns are lower than the national average. The number reporting anonymously is also lower than national average. Anonymous reporting can indicate a mistrust of the speaking up process.

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