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b. National Freedom to Speak Up policy The Christie policy is in the process of being updated to reflect the national policy. c. Freedom to Speak Up guidance and reflection and planning tool for Board The guidance and planning tool are being reviewed by the Executive and Non-executive leads for FTSU with a view to discussing at Workforce Assurance Committee followed by the Trust Board. By 31 January 2024, all trust boards will be expected to evidence in their Board papers: • An updated FTSU policy that reflects the new national template • Results of the trust’s assessment of its FTSU arrangements against the revised guidance. • Assurance that it’s on track with its FTSU improvement plan. 4. Contacts 4.1 Number of contacts by quarter

Number of contacts by quarter

20

15

10

5

0

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23

4.2 Type of contact The table below describes the activity from 1 st October 2021 to 31 st March 2022. Descriptions of concerns are recorded as described by the staff member and concerns can have more than one issue. Quarter No. of contacts Issue category Description Action 2022/23 Q1 13 Attitudes and behaviour (x6)

Colleague behaviour (x2) Manager behaviour (x4) Lack of support from manager Lack of reasonable

Advice given - staff member either raised with manager or colleague or decided to follow Positive working relationships policy Advice given Support from Union

Policies, procedures and processes (x2) Performance Capability (x5)

adjustments Capability of colleague (x5)

Joint concern raised and responded to by executive team member

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