All of us at one time or another experience concerns about what is happening at work. Usually these are easily resolved.  However, when the concern feels serious because it is about patient or service user welfare, clinical malpractice, health and safety or a possible fraud that might affect others or the organisation itself, it can be difficult to know what to do.

You may be worried about raising such a concern and may think it best to keep it to yourself, perhaps feeling it’s none of your business or that it’s only a suspicion.  You may feel that raising the matter would be disloyal to colleagues, managers or to the organisation.  You may decide to say something but find that you have spoken to the wrong person or raised the issue in the wrong way and are not sure what to do next.

The directors of Mayday are committed to running the organisation in the best way possible and to do so we need your help.  The whistleblowing policy is designed to reassure you that it is safe and acceptable to speak up and to enable you to raise any concern you may have about malpractice at an early stage and in the right way.  Rather than wait for proof, we would prefer you to raise the matter when it is still a concern.

The policy applies to all those who work for us; whether full-time or part-time, self-employed contractor, an agency worker or as a volunteer.  If you have a whistleblowing concern, please let us know.

If something is troubling you which you think we should know about or look into, please use the whistleblowing policy.  If, however, you wish to make a complaint about your employment or how you have been treated, please use the Bullying and Harassment Policy, the Equality and Diversity Policy or the Grievance Policy – which you can locate on Eureka! or obtain from your manager or human resources department.  The Whistleblowing Policy is primarily for concerns where the interests of others or of the organisation itself are at risk.

If in doubt – raise it!