Bullying and harrassment claims at HCJ since 2019 (FOI)

Request 689068410

How many complaints about bullying have been made about staff in Jersey's health department between 2019 and 2024?

How many complaints of bullying about staff in the Health department were upheld?

How many members of staff in Jersey's Health Department have been disciplined about bullying between 2019 and 2024?

Response

Case Management supported 64 complaints of bullying raised between 2019 and 2024.

17 complaints were upheld, or partially upheld; 2 are pending outcome.

7 employees were issued with a disciplinary sanction for allegations related to bullying within this period of time.

A further 11 cases have been recorded at an informal stage. This excludes any that were escalated as formal complaints, as detailed above.

• ​5 of these are closed – resolved at the informal stage
• 6 are new / ongoing

Concerns raised with the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian (FTSUG) since the introduction of the role in 2023, where ‘Bullying / harassment’ is recorded as a category for either a primary or secondary concern, are detailed below. 

• 2023: 9 concerns recorded
  
• 2024: 22 concerns recorded
  

There may be duplication in the concerns raised with the FTSUG, and those that have gone on to be lodged as either informal or formal cases.​