The National Guardians Office leads, trains, and supports a network of over 900 Freedom to Speak Up Guardians in the NHS, independent sector organisations, national bodies and elsewhere. Freedom to Speak Up Guardians support workers to speak up when they feel they are unable to in other ways, about anything preventing people from doing a great job. Freedom to Speak Up Guardians have handled over 75,000 cases since 2017.The National Guardian’s Office and the role of the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian were created in response to recommendations made in “The Freedom to Speak Up” report from Sir Robert Francis in 2015, as he found that NHS culture did not always encourage or support workers to speak up, and that patients and workers suffered as a ...

The concept of neurodiversity has been in circulation for over twenty years now, coined by singer (1998) it is a term inclusive of any natural variation or divergence in how the brain operates. Although the word itself is free from connotations of formal structural or functional disorders of the nervous system, it is commonly associated with Autism. ADHD, Tourette’s syndrome, Developmental Coordination Disorder (Dyspraxia), Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and some mental health conditions.In the UK, the Equality Act (2010) states that people who have a disability or impairment, including those who are neurodivergent, must have reasonable adjustments made in order that they are able to live, learn and work effectively. This includes student nurses wh ...