Question follow-through · 2034
NHS Trusts: Gender
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS staff who raise concerns about workplace privacy, dignity or safety are protected from victimisation or disciplinary action.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS staff who raise concerns about workplace privacy, dignity or safety are protected from victimisation or disciplinary action.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2026
Answer published
Legal protections include the Employment Rights Act 1996, as amended by the Public Disclosure Act 1998, which gives employees protection against unfair dismissal and detriment in employment on the basis that they have made a protected disclosure, and a ri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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