Thank you for your reply.

Having discussed this with folks, the opinion is that staff still feel unsafe and lack confidence to whistle blow, regardless of some excellent hospital policies around, and the presumed confidentiality of the process,and any formal means of reporting concerns. It is very easy to trace back to the whistle blower or to assume (correctly or not) the source, and for repercussions on the blood bank manager and team.

Whistle blowing is also a very reactive process rather than building this within the QMS framework.

Many thanks