From Silence to Safety: Strengthening Speak Up Pathways in NHS Trusts
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In this session, Gemma McCall and Charlotte Taylor explored the real barriers to speaking up within NHS Trusts and shared the practical experiences of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Discover how they implemented Culture Shift’s Report + Support™ platform to build trust, support managers, and strengthen their Speak Up culture.
Key takeaways include:
- Why staff sometimes hold back from raising concerns
- How leadership can gain insight into trends and act before issues escalate
- Prevention is legal – the Worker Protection Act demands proactive steps, not just policies
Whether you’re reviewing your Speak Up arrangements, responding to staff survey results, or planning improvements for the year ahead, this session gives actionable insights from real NHS experience.
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What we're reading
Latest insights from the front lines of workplace culture.
The Junior-Senior Speak-Up Divide: What the Data Reveals About Hierarchy and Silence
Speaking up about workplace misconduct shouldn’t depend on where someone sits in the organisational chart. But as shown in The Culture Shifters Annual Report 26/27, it does. Junior employees are twice as likely as senior leaders to believe that speaking up is "pointless," with 54% holding this view compared to just 27% of senior leaders.
Why Collecting Misconduct Data Isn't Enough to Meet the New All Reasonable Steps Duty
Our co-founder and CEO, Gemma McCall, has written a piece for The HR Director exploring one of the most persistent gaps in workplace misconduct management: the space between collecting data and actually using it.
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The NDA Ban Under the Employment Rights Act: What It Means for HR
When you can no longer buy silence, you have to invest in safety. That's the shift HR teams now need to plan for. Some organisations have historically leaned on settlement agreements and non-disclosure agreements to resolve harassment complaints quietly, keeping the details contained and the reputational risk low. The Employment Rights Act 2025 closes that option down. Once the NDA ban comes into force, a culture of silence stops being something the law will let you enforce.
Feeling inspired?
Take the first step toward preventative misconduct management with a demo of our Report + Support™ platform. We can show you how to breakdown reporting barriers with anonymous 2-way messaging, and how to act before things escalate with name-matching and pattern-spotting across our analytics dashboard.
