Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Trusts on whistleblowing.

The Department has frequent engagement with stakeholders involved in whistleblowing and speaking up, including NHS England and the National Guardian’s Office. The Department does not regularly engage directly with National Health Service trusts on whistleblowing but rather works through NHS England and the National Guardian’s Office to drive improvement. Both NHS England and the National Guardian’s Office have direct engagement with NHS trusts.