Section 7.9 · Pillar 3 · Workforce, Culture & National Healthcare Transformation
Whistleblower Protection and Safe Reporting
Confidential, protected reporting of unsafe care, corruption, abuse or negligence without fear of retaliation.
The issue
Workers and patients must be able to report unsafe care, corruption, abuse, or negligence without fear. The framework should include anonymous reporting, anti-retaliation policies, independent review, legal protection recommendations, investigation pathways, and data aggregation for improvement.
Priority components
What good looks like in this domain, expressed as the components an institution should be able to show.
- 01Anonymous reporting
- 02Anti-retaliation policies
- 03Independent review
- 04Legal protection recommendations
- 05Investigation pathways
- 06Data aggregation for improvement
Implementation
What this domain requires in practice: the standard, the pack, the measurement, the tools and the evidence.
Standards
No approved ASQAT standards have been published for this domain yet. The standards layer is in place so that approved statements can be released without restructuring the platform.
Measurement
Measurement specifications for this domain are being developed. Indicator definitions are published only once the numerator, denominator and data source are agreed.
Measurement frameworkResources
Implementation resources for this domain are currently in development. Approved policies, procedures, checklists and tools will be released through the resource library.
Open the libraryAwaiting approved content
Evidence in practice
No approved implementation evidence has been published for this domain yet. Case studies are published only after review of what was measured and how.