HONESTY & INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC SERVICES WELCOMES YOU
We do not live in a post-truth or post-trust era, we live in a post-honesty era.
This website was set-up to generate awareness and create space for conversations about how to address the growing absence of honesty and integrity in our public services. The question is not whether public services need to become more trustworthy; that ship has sailed. The challenge now is how to deal with this issue...
ABOUT
My name is Tom Bell. I value the role of our Public Services and the many good people working in them. Unfortunately, my family and I have experienced the lack of honesty and integrity that typifies too many of them. Having worked in the NHS, I have also seen the lasting damage caused by unprincipled leadership and management and witnessed the pressure applied upon people to become part of harmful cultures. I believe things need to change.
SO HOW CAN CHANGE BE BROUGHT ABOUT?
Improvement begins with understanding
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
Like it or not, agree or not, people have little faith in public services and less in those who lead them.
DOES IT MATTER?
Yes. Estimates suggest cultures of blame and cover-up in the NHS cost over ten thousand lives each year.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
Regulation is not working. We need to develop our understanding of the issue, and together find ways of addressing it...
Being trustworthy is the fruit of honest actions. If you want to be trusted, be honest.
Nora O'Neill:
"What we don't understand about trust" WhartWhat
CONTACT HONESTY & INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC SERVICES
Based in Cumbria - Globally Relevant
0208 144 5678