HSE National Procedure
HSE National Procedures for the Handling of Protected Disclosures
Topic:
Protected disclosures
Document Owner:
National Director - Public Involvement, Culture and Risk Management
National Group:
National Office for Protected Disclosures
Effective From: 01 October 2025
It is the policy of the HSE to ensure workers are provided with a confidential and secure pathway for reporting concerns about wrongdoing(s) in the workplace and putting in place processes to manage these reports.
These procedures are aligned with the Statutory Guidance on the Protected Disclosures Act issued by the now Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation issued to all public bodies in November 2023 and supersede the 2023 (Interim) Procedures for the receipt and Management of Protected Disclosures in the HSE.