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Speak Up Day: Wednesday 9 September

September 4, 2020

As you may be aware, next Wednesday is Speak Up Day. Speak Up Day gives you the opportunity to find out about the different ways to speak up if you have a concern about safety at work. You can find out about our Freedom to Speak Up Guardians and you also have an opportunity to book a confidential conversation with one of our Trust leaders. Their availability will be published on Connect so that you can book an appointment. Our Trust has a strong track record in encouraging people to speak up and there are a range of ways that you can do this including talking to your manager, contacting a Trade Union rep, raising an incident, writing to our Heartbeat letters page, talking to a Trust specialist such as Counter-Fraud, ringing Safecall (our confidential whistleblowing line), or getting help from a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian.

Building up to Speak Up Day, each day we will be profiling one of the ways in which people can speak up. Today we are profiling the Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.

All of our Freedom to Speak up Guardians have received specialised training and are well placed to listen to issues and guide concerned colleagues on the best way to resolve those problems. This gives colleagues the avenue to be able to turn to Guardians if they want to talk about any issues they feel need addressing.

Who do I speak with to raise my concern?

We have a variety of Speak Up Guardians across the organisations – their details can be found below:

  • Rosie Auld – Rosie is Head Orthoptist in Surgery though she works across all the Trusts’ sites. Email: rosieauld@nhs.net
  • Ian Galligan – Ian is a Technical Supervisor in Medical Engineering. Email: galligan1@nhs.net
  • Rachel Clarke – Rachel is Deputy Directorate General Manager for Primary Care, Community and Therapies. Email: clarke10@nhs.net
  • Sandra Kennelly – Sandra works in the community as a Clinical Team Leader/ Occupational Therapist with Primary Care, Community and Therapies. Email: kennelly@nhs.net
  • Harpal Tiwana – Harpal works in Medicine and Emergency Care as a Patient Administration Manager. Email: tiwana@nhs.net
  • Sue Whalen – Sue is a Consultant in Sexual Health in the Primary Care. Community and Therapies Group. Email: whalen@nhs.net