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Speak Out Safely
Launched in March 2013, the Speak Out Safely (SOS) campaign was intended to help strengthen protection for frontline staff and increase honesty and transparency in the NHS.
The SOS campaign came about after the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry report, which had highlighted the need to encourage staff to raise concerns or whistleblow.
The hard-hitting report into the scandal had identified that workers had tried to speak up about patient safety concerns but had been ignored and even victimised as a result.
Meanwhile, according to a survey to mark the launch of our campaign, nurses who spoke out about concerns in the NHS said they were likely to face negative consequences and were often ignored.
History of Nursing Times: The 1990s and early 2000s
Masthead of Nursing Times cover from the 1990s
The 1990s and 2000s saw
Nursing Times run many campaigns.
In 1992
Nursing Times launched the Mind Your Back campaign, calling for nurses to have the right to be protected from back injury caused by inappropriate lifting and for full implementation of new EC rules on manual handling.
Up to 3,600 nurses were leaving their jobs every year because of back injuries, at a loss of 1.3 million working days.
Nursing Times editor John Gilbert said: ‘The scandal of nurses leaving the profession in pain and with their lives and careers in tatters must end.’