Escalating Concerns
NHS England Workforce, Training and Education (WT&E) has a pathway for individuals to raise, and where appropriate, escalate concerns regarding the learning environment.
Please utilise local mechanisms within the placement/training post learning environment initially, escalating to pathway two and three if you continue to be concerned or you feel the first pathway is inappropriate for your individual concern.
Pathway 1 – In the clinical environment: speak to senior clinician/educational supervisor/ward manager/placement supervisor or Freedom to Speak Up Guardian.
Pathway 2 – If no resolution with Pathway 1, contact programme director, personal tutor, link tutor, Head of School, Director of medical Education, Educational Institution.
Pathway 3 - If no resolution after Pathway 1 and 2, or you feel them inappropriate for your individual concern, please use this form to escalate your concern to the South West WT&E Quality Team.
This process does not replace Serious incident Reporting procedures in trusts and local processes should be followed for serious incidents.