The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), in collaboration with eight other professional health and care regulators, has published the latest Whistleblowing disclosures report for 2024.
The report details all whistleblowing concerns raised with each organisation.
Seven whistleblowing disclosures were made to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) during the financial year 2023/24. Six were made to the Policy and Standards Department and one was made to the Education Department.
The disclosures came from employees and former employees from external organisations. HCPC registrants from four professions (Biomedical Scientists (2), Operating Department Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Practitioner Psychologists) one Ambulance Trust made a disclosure. We also received one anonymous disclosure.
We regularly review disclosures to see whether we need to improve any of our publicly available information, including guidance on our standards.
Since last year’s report, we have continued to enhance our whistleblowing practices. We have refined our reporting mechanisms to ensure more efficient and secure handling of whistleblowing disclosures. Additionally, we have been provided with further training and resources on whistleblowing disclosures and how to handle them.
In October 2023, we published updates to our standards of conduct, performance and ethics to reflect our commitment to maintain the safety of our registrants when they are raising concerns. The updates have been in effect since 1 September 2024.
