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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 November 2017
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That is not unheard of, but it is very rarely the case that the individual who co-ordinates the disclosure process is at the top—or even close to the top—of the organisation.
If the federation calls something out on one of its visits, that issue, in effect, goes to the top of the list because of the amount of publicity that we get.
It is important that people are kept up to date and are on top of the arrangements. It is also important that Leslie Evans, the permanent secretary to the Scottish Government, is part of the regular meeting of permanent secretaries to all the Whitehall departments, so there is a connection at the top level.
How will we ensure that regional improvement collaboratives are not just another layer of administration and are not top-down, rather than being bottom-up collaborations with practitioners on the ground?
We have had limited communication directly from staff with concerns, but we always maintain contact with the staff associations, particularly Unison, to ensure that we are on top of what their concerns are and what the members are feeding back to them.