The case of the disappearing whistleblower: an analysis of National Health Service inquiries

Martin Powell; John Blenkinsopp; Huw Davies; Russell Mannion; Ross Millar; Jean McHale; Nicholas Snowden

doi:10.1080/09540962.2021.1892959

The case of the disappearing whistleblower: an analysis of National Health Service inquiries

Martin Powell, John Blenkinsopp, Huw Davies, Russell Mannion, Ross Millar, Jean McHale, Nicholas Snowden

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	59-69
Number of pages	11
Journal	Public Money & Management
Volume	42
Issue number	2
Early online date	22 Mar 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1892959
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2022

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Funding Information:
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. The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the HS&DR programme.

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Keywords

Health services
implementation
inquiries
post-inquiry learning
National Health Service
UK
whistleblowing

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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Public Money & Management. Martin Powell, John Blenkinsopp, Huw Davies, Russell Mannion, Ross Millar, Jean McHale & Nicholas Snowden (2022) The case of the disappearing whistleblower: an analysis of National Health Service inquiries, Public Money & Management, 42:2, 59-69, DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1892959. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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The case of the disappearing whistleblower: an analysis of National Health Service inquiries

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