Deciding to become a whistleblower is not an easy thing to do. It can bring years of professional and personal upheaval and the toll it takes on a person’s mental health, their finances and their family is often a heavy one.
This week, the first ever Whistleblowing Awareness Week, organised by not-for-profit group WhistleblowersUK, is taking place in Parliament to address this.
Against a backdrop of whistleblowing in the NHS and calls for a whistleblowing charter within the Metropolitan Police, the week, which includes a Westminster Hall debate today, is an opportunity for MPs, policy-makers and regulators to get on board with proposed legislation to empower whistleblowers to speak out.
