National Guardian Freedom to Speak Up. Next Steps: Priorities 2020-2021 (30 April 2020)

Summary

The National Guardian’s Office (NGO) has been operational for four years. Following feedback on its performance, the NGO sets out how they are going to respond to this feedback in the coming year.

Content

Actions the National Guardian's Office will take:

• Improve the office’s offer of support and guidance.
•  Further enable existing guardians to support each other.
• Take positive action to support guardians in trusts with less positive speaking up cultures.
•  Improve understanding of the impact of the guardian role, and Freedom to Speak Up culture in the NHS .
•  Develop governance arrangements and explore further the office’s standing and role in the wider system.
•  Increase reach into the primary care landscape.
•  Join-up cross system drivers for improving freedom to speak up culture.