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Beaumont Hospital are committed to hearing from and responding to concerns raised by employees and workers. Arrangements for dealing with Protected Disclosures (more commonly known as whistle blowing) have been in place in the health sector since 2009 under the provisions of the Health Act 2004 (as amended by the Health Act 2007). In addition, the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (as amended by the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022), which commenced on 01.01.2023 deals with arrangements for protected disclosures in both the public and private sectors.
Section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, (as amended), requires every public body to prepare and publish an annual report in relation to protected disclosures received under the provisions of that Act.
Annual reports published to date are as outlined below.
Protected Disclosure Annual Statement 2021
Protected Disclosure Annual Statement 2022