The case of the disappearing whistleblower : an analysis of National Health Service inquiries
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22/03/2021Keywords
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Abstract
It has been recognized that whistleblowing is important to detect failings in many sectors within many nations. Many serious failings in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) are brought to light by the action of whistleblowers. However, analysis of the reports of public inquiries reveal how little the inquiries examined the role of the whistleblower and how rarely they made any recommendations concerning NHS whistleblowing. The authors examine the case of the disappearing whistleblower, and suggest reasons for the limited focus on them.
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Powell , M , Blenkinsopp , J , Davies , H , Mannion , R , Millar , R , McHale , J & Snowden , N 2021 , ' The case of the disappearing whistleblower : an analysis of National Health Service inquiries ' , Public Money and Management , vol. Latest Articles . https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1892959
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Public Money and Management
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Peer reviewed
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0954-0962Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1892959
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The research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) programme (Grant No. 14/04/033); project title ‘Understanding employee whistleblowing in health care’; co-applicants R. Mannion, J. Blenkinsopp, R. Millar, M. Powell, J. McHale and H. T. O Davies.Collections
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