Robert Willis is registered with the National Guardians Office as FTSU Guardian for Spen PCN.

Freedom to Speak Up Guardians offer an additional route for workers to speak up about anything and everything that gets in the way of doing a great job. They also work proactively to support their organisations to help identify and reduce barriers to speaking up.

The Freedom to Speak Up Guardian will:

  • Support team colleagues who speak up
  • Make sure team colleagues have the capability, knowledge, and skills they need to speak up themselves
  • Help to identify and reduce barriers to speaking up
  • Foster a positive Speak Up, Listen Up, Follow Up culture in organisations
  • Support the PCN and its member practices to use matters raised as opportunities for continuous learning and improvement

This will:

  • Help to protect patient and service user safety and the quality of care
  • Help to improve the experience of team colleagues
  • Help to promote learning and continuous improvement

Please contact Robert for any queries or concerns. He looks forward to hearing from you.