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Speaking Up

2 stories and 1 article about speaking up - what is happening, and what to do about it.

• Article

  Workplace ethics: why people who see a lapse stay quiet, and what helps

  A rounded-up figure, a quiet room: why people who see a small lapse at work say nothing, what the research says, and three things to do tomorrow.

• ITV News Anglia · 6 October 2026

  Medics allege 'toxic culture' at under-fire Addenbrooke's Hospital

  The trust asked its own senior doctors, published what they said, then took the report down. Three in four described one pattern: raise a concern and you become the subject of one. The line that should worry a board is not the angry one - it is the doctor who has simply given up because nothing changes.

• Mental Health First Aid England · 2 February 2026

  The cost of workplace silence: Nearly half of employees feel unsafe speaking up at work, new research reveals

  The last figure is the one for a board: 15% made a preventable mistake because raising it felt more dangerous than letting it happen. Silence is not a wellbeing line item here, it is an operational risk with a defect rate attached.