A Bill to make provision for the appointment, functions and powers of independent Support Officers for NHS employees who wish to make certain disclosures in the public interest; to place a duty on NHS trusts and others to co-operate with such Support Officers; to make consequential amendments to the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would make provision for the appointment of independent Support Officers for NHS employees who wished to make disclosures in the public interest, and specifies the functions and powers of these Support Officers. It would place a duty on NHS trusts and others to co-operate with the Support Officers, and would also amend the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 to take account of the provisions.
House of Commons
13 April 2010
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The Bill would create independent Support Officers to help NHS staff who want to raise public-interest disclosures (whistleblowing). It defines what these officers can do, requires NHS trusts and other bodies to cooperate with them, and updates the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 to fit the new system.
The Bill is at the second reading in the House of Commons, having originated in the Commons (first reading in 2009).
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16 Dec 2009
This Bill was presented, through the ballot procedure, to Parliament on 16 December 2009. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2009-10 session of parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
