This guidance on whistleblowing is for all providers of health and adult social care who are registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).  It provides information on: 

• What whistleblowing is.
• Why providers should have a whistleblowing policy.
• What safeguards the law provides for employers.
• The protection the law gives to workers who raise concerns.
• The benefits of encouraging workers to raise concerns.
• What CQC will do when they receive information from a whistleblower.