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Whistleblowing: list of prescribed people and bodies

List of prescribed people and bodies you can report malpractice to, other than your employer.

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If you decide to blow the whistle to a prescribed person rather than your employer, you must make sure that you’ve chosen the correct person or body for your issue.

This document is a list of the prescribed persons and bodies who you can make a disclosure to. There is also a brief description about the matters you can report to each prescribed person.

More information on whistleblowing.

Updates to this page

Published 1 October 2014

Last updated 157 JanuaryMay 2025 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates
    1. The contact details have been updated for the 'Natural Resources Wales' team. Their website has also been updated to the 'Natural Resources Wales / Raising a serious concern in the public interest' site.

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Update history

2025-05-07 16:15
General Pharmaceutical Council contact details updated.

2025-01-15 12:41
The contact details have been updated for the ‘Natural Resources Wales’ team. Their website has also been updated to the ‘Natural Resources Wales / Raising a serious concern in the public interest’ site.

2024-08-23 15:59
Updates to contact information for: Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland, HMRC, Single Source Regulations Office, Food Standards Agency, Older People’s Commissioner, General Chiropractic Council, Scottish Housing Regulator, Welsh Ministers Housing Regulation Team, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, The Welsh Revenue Authority. Update to phoneline hours for NSPCC. Update to remit of NHS England.

2024-05-16 16:00
Civil Aviation Authority phone number updated.

2023-12-29 15:14
Email address for Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator updated to info@oscr.org.uk.

2023-10-17 10:47
A new bullet point was added to NHS England, and contact details for Health Education England were removed.

2023-07-19 12:48
The titles of the Secretary of States have been updated following the machinery of government changes. An incorrect duplication ‘Health and Safety’ entry under ‘cyber’ has been removed. The list of reasons to contact the ‘Health and Safety executive’ has been updated.

2023-04-14 13:01
Entry added under food standards for the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU).

2023-03-31 16:16
New section on Cyber added.

2022-11-30 14:15
Updated list of prescribed people and bodies.

2022-09-26 11:57
Change of email address for The Pensions Regulator.