How many whistleblowing incidents have been recorded by the NHS in each of the last three years.

In 2013-14, as part of the newly introduced annual staff governance standard monitoring Framework, we sought assurance from all health boards that local whistleblowing policies are in place and for the number of reported whistleblowing incidents. All boards confirmed that local policies had been implemented. Information provided via the staff governance monitoring returns indicated that a total of 13 whistleblowing cases had been raised.
The Scottish Government do not centrally hold information on the number of whistleblowing incidents recorded in NHSScotland for previous years.