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
The Bill would create independent Support Officers for NHS employees who want to make disclosures in the public interest. It sets out the officers’ powers and duties, requires NHS trusts and related bodies to cooperate with them, and makes changes to the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 to reflect this new system.
The Bill is at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons; after this it would typically move to Committee Stage for detailed examination.
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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.
