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Recommendation 7
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Accepted in Part
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It is imperative staff have the opportunity and the confidence to speak up.
Recommendation
It is imperative staff have the opportunity and the confidence to speak up. However, this needs to be matched with a culture in which organisations demonstrate that they are not just listening to, but also acting on, staff feedback. While NHS organisations have a formal structure to raise concerns through Freedom to Speak Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care 55 Up Guardians, there is no equivalent for adult social care. We therefore recommend that the Department develops a strategy for the creation of Freedom to Speak Up Guardians in social care.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government recognises the importance of staff speaking up and commits to exploring with the social care sector whether and how Freedom to Speak Up Guardians could be created, citing a previous commitment in the adult social care White Paper to pilot this in the sector.
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Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government · verbatim extract
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3.1 We recognise the importance of encouraging a positive culture where people are empowered to speak up and where they feel that their voices will be heard, and ideas acted upon. We will explore with the sector whether and how Freedom to Speak Up Guardians could be created in social care. Our adult social care White Paper last year committed to piloting this in the sector.
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