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October is Freedom to Speak Up Month
Speaking up enhances working life and improves the quality and safety of care. Listening and taking action, means a culture where freedom to speak up is commonplace, can thrive.
At Oxleas, we have two external freedom to speak up guardians, who are independent of Oxleas and provide a confidential service.
To mark this celebratory month, throughout October, our guardians will be hosting events, sharing film clips, advice and information about how the service works.
Rachel Evans, Director for Strategy and People said: “Speak up month is an opportunity to highlight how much we value speaking up at Oxleas. There are lots of ways for our staff to find out more and be part of the building a fairer Oxleas movement and help continue our journey to being a great place to work.”
The theme for Speak Up Month 2022 is “Freedom to Speak Up for Everyone” with each week having a specific focus – speak up for safety, speak up for civility, speak up for inclusion and freedom to speak up for everyone.
Media enquiries
The communications team provides a point of contact for journalists to respond to all media enquiries.
We are happy to help journalists represent the trust accurately, so please do get in touch to ensure your facts and information are up-to-date before publishing your story.
Our media team is responsible for:
- Responding to media queries
- Arranging interviews with our nationally and internationally renowned experts who can talk about some of the trust’s specialist topics
For all media enquiries Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, please email oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net where a member of the team will review and action your request.
If you have an urgent enquiry outside of office hours or at the weekend, please contact our director on call via the Bracton Centre switchboard on 01322 294300.
Filming and photography requests
We receive documentary, location and broadcast filming requests on a regular basis – we consider all proposals on an individual basis and will try to accommodate proposals where possible, if appropriate.
No photography or filming is permitted without prior arrangement and agreement. Our patients always come first and we have a duty to protect their safety and confidentiality. Anyone found filming or taking photographs on the trust premises without the permission of the trust’s communications team will be asked to leave by the security department and may face prosecution.
Unless agreed otherwise, film crews and photographers must be accompanied by a member of the Communications Team at all times.
Contact: oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net
