Whistleblowing

If you work for a health and social care service and wish to make a disclosure about a concern or wrongdoing within that service, you can contact RQIA to whistleblow, or make a disclosure, under:

The Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

This Order protects workers who wish to bring wrongdoing within their workplace to the attention of an appropriate authority. It explains the type of disclosures that may be protected; the circumstances in which such disclosures are protected; and the persons who may be protected. The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 also includes information on disclosures qualifying for protection at Article 67B. You can access this here.

You may also find the following document produced by the Department of Employment and Learning helpful:

Guide to Public Interest Disclosure (NI) Order 1998 (Amended January 2011)

If you wish to make a disclosure under this Order, you can contact RQIA's Complaints Manager, Jill Munce at:

Jill Munce
Complaints Manager
The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
9th Floor Riverside Tower
5 Lanyon Place
Belfast
BT1 3BT

By telephone: (028) 9051 7469

Or by email: jill.munce@rqia.org.uk