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How the human factor affects the culture of whistleblowing

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Carroll Barry-Walsh

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Security is safety in the presence of malice. That is why it is so hard to create a viable whistleblowing culture, says Carroll Barry-Walsh.

After the Letby and latest Metropolitan Police cases (Andrew Provan), one question asked is: How does an organisation create a good whistleblowing process and culture?

This has been asked before in the NHS. And answers given. Both the 2013 Francis report (on Staffordshire hospitals) and the 2018 report (on the

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