Eileen Chubb

Chubb left school aged sixteen and worked as a manager at a bakery chain.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/22/there-were-hundreds-of-us-crying-out-for-help-afterlife-of-whistleblower |title='There were hundreds of us crying out for help': the afterlife of the whistleblower |first=Andrew |last=Smith |work=The Guardian |date=22 November 2014 |accessdate=9 January 2016}} In her forties, she took a career change to begin working as a carer. In 1999, after working as a care worker for three years in Isard House care home run by BUPA in Bromley, she was one of seven who claimed they were forced to quit after reporting suspected abuse of elderly residents.{{cite news|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=14 July 2000|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jul/14/2|title=Whistleblowers forced to quit|accessdate=16 March 2015}}{{cite news|work=FT Magazine|location=London|date=14 September 2012|first=Carola|last=Hoyos|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9e7b9f5e-fd34-11e1-a4f2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3UUiOeL8N |title=The whistleblowers club|accessdate=16 March 2015}}

Chubb has been critical of the ability of the Care Quality Commission to inspect care homes effectively. As a member of the public, she has visited over 300 care homes in the UK undercover.{{cite news|work=BBC News|date=7 February 2012|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-16924473|title=Chronic neglect' at Stoke care homes|accessdate=16 March 2015}} Chubb has alleged that the CQC disclosed the identity of 47 Whistle-blowers to their employers.{{Cite web|title=The HUNT for Justice and Accountability {{!}} Compassion in Care|url=https://compassionincare.com/hunt-justice-and-accountability|access-date=2020-06-23|website=compassionincare.com|archive-date=2020-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626085842/https://compassionincare.com/hunt-justice-and-accountability|url-status=dead}} She has reported on the CQC practice of allowing homes to re-register under new names after a poor inspection report, with the reports then being archived under the homes' previous names. Chubb claims this misleads the public.{{Cite web|title=CQC AN ONGOING CONCERN {{!}} Compassion in Care|url=https://compassionincare.com/cqc-ongoing-concern|access-date=2020-06-27|website=compassionincare.com}}

In 2003 she founded the registered charity Compassion in Care.{{Cite web|title=COMPASSION IN CARE - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04868020|access-date=2020-06-22|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Charity Details|url=https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1102282&subid=0|access-date=2020-06-21|website=beta.charitycommission.gov.uk}} Erin Pizzey, Roger Graef and Auriol Waters are patrons of the charity.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Chubb reply to Andrea Sutcliffe CQC re 47 whistleblowers|url=https://compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/breakingsilence/My%20Letter%20to%20sutcliffe%20doc.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627134216/https://compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/breakingsilence/My%20Letter%20to%20sutcliffe%20doc.pdf|archive-date=27 June 2020|access-date=25 June 2020|website=Compassion In Care|url-status=dead}}

In 2008 she published the book Beyond the Facade which described her experiences at Isard House and the BUPA Seven legal case.{{Cite book|last=Chubb, Eileen.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271890359|title=Beyond the façade|date=2008|publisher=Chipmunkapublishing|isbn=978-1-84747-633-3|location=Essex|oclc=271890359}}

In 2012 she co-founded Whistleblowers UK, also known as WBUK, with Gavin MacFadyen and Ian Foxley.{{Cite web|title=WHISTLEBLOWERS UK - Filing history (free information from Companies House)|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08112953/filing-history|access-date=2020-06-22|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en}}

In 2013 Chubb resigned from Whistleblowers UK, followed by MacFadyen in 2014 and the company was dissolved in 2015.

In 2014 Chubb and Gavin MacFadyen co-founded The Whistler, a fellowship alliance between Compassion in Care and the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ).{{Citation|last=Media|first=Insofar|title=The Whistler: International Launch|date=2014-02-21|url=https://vimeo.com/87257667|access-date=2020-06-23}}{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://thewhistler.org/about-us.html|access-date=2020-06-27|website=The Whistler|language=en}}

In February 2015, she gave an initial response to the Freedom to Speak Up Review report into NHS whistleblowing, produced by Sir Robert Francis, describing it as "a complete betrayal of whistleblowers”.{{cite news|work=Strength in Numbers|date=13 February 2015|url=http://strength-in-numbers.co.uk/2015/02/13/e-4/ |title=Eileen Chubb – Compassion in Care gives an initial response to Robert Francis QC review of whistle-blowing. "It is a complete betrayal of whistle-blowers"|accessdate=16 March 2015}}

In 2015 Chubb was a speaker at the Stand Up For Truth tour with Daniel Ellsberg, Jesselyn Radack, Thomas A Drake, Norman Solomon, Coleen Rowley and Justin Schlosberg.{{Cite web|title=Stand Up For Truth video -- University of London, Birkbeck {{!}} Stand Up For Truth|url=https://standupfortruth.org/article/stand-truth-video-university-london-birkbeck|access-date=2020-06-24|website=standupfortruth.org}}

In 2017, following MacFadyen's death in 2016, Chubb announced an annual Gavin MacFadyen Award to be awarded to a journalist or publisher who had helped a whistleblower. Only whistleblowers can nominate, and Chubb presented the inaugural award to Private Eye, hosted by the Frontline Club at Byline Festival.{{Cite web|title=Gavin MacFadyen Award|url=http://thewhistler.org/gavin-macfadyen-award.html|access-date=2020-06-27|website=The Whistler|language=en}}

In 2019 Chubb became one of five finalists for the Inspirational Women Award.{{Cite web|last=swarovskigroup.com|first=Swarovski Group-|title=Inspirational Women Awards - Swarovski Group|url=https://www.swarovskigroup.com/S/news/Inspirational_Women_Awards.en.html|access-date=2020-06-23|website=www.swarovskigroup.com|language=en}}

In 2020 she published the book There Is No ME In Whistle-blower to set out her case for Edna's Law for whistleblower protection and how it would work.{{Cite book|last=CHUBB, EILEEN.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1142870243|title=There is no me in whistleblower edition two.|date=2020|publisher=CHIPMUNKA Publishing|isbn=978-1-78382-515-8|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=1142870243}}

In October 2020 Chubb was one of six nominees shortlisted for the GUE/NGL Award for ‘Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information' {{Cite web|title=Chelsea Manning, Correctiv & Novartis whistleblowers win GUE/NGL award|url=https://www.guengl.eu/chelsea-manning-correctiv-novartis-whistleblowers-win-gue-ngl-award/|access-date=2020-10-16|website=GUE/NGL|date=14 October 2020 |language=en}}

In 2004 John Horam called Chubb and her six co-workers the BUPA Seven when he presented their petition to Parliament for a public inquiry.{{Cite web|title=BUPA Seven (Hansard, 15 July 2004)|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/2004/jul/15/bupa-seven|access-date=2020-06-21|website=api.parliament.uk}}

In 2013 Charlotte Leslie presented a further petition from Chubb to Parliament.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=26 November 2013|title=Charlotte Leslie presents petition to Parliament|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiXsMgqQvi8&feature=youtu.be|access-date=24 June 2020|website=YouTube}}

Chubb has petitioned for her view of legislation changes, naming these Edna's Law, in honour of a care home resident Edna who died after cruel abuse:{{cite news|url=http://www.thewhistler.org/petitioning-sir-robert-francis-call-for-ednas-law-and-a-public-inquiry-into-whistleblowing |title=Petitioning Sir Robert Francis: Call for Edna's Law and a public inquiry into whistleblowing |work=The Whistler |date=7 October 2014 |accessdate=16 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402200732/http://www.thewhistler.org/petitioning-sir-robert-francis-call-for-ednas-law-and-a-public-inquiry-into-whistleblowing/ |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}

• Criminal offence not to act on the genuine concerns of a whistleblower
• Deterrent because of strong case law precedents.
• Whistleblower would be protected witness.
• Compensate for loss of trust and loss of employment.
• Criminal offence to harm a genuine whistleblower.
• Wrongdoing is public and is acted on.
• State would prosecute and uphold the public interest.
• Bad companies held to account which results in culture change.
• Put victims of silence first and protect protectors.

Chubb has published reports on many aspects of the care industry, on whistleblowing legislation for all sectors and on related topics.

• [http://www.compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/breakingsilence/W-B.pdf Breaking the Silence - Part One - Evidence from 1500 Whistleblowers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202052739/http://www.compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/breakingsilence/W-B.pdf |date=2017-12-02 }}
• [http://www.compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/breakingsilence/W-B2.pdf Breaking the Silence - Part Two - The Forgotten Victims of PIDAs failures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081301/http://www.compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/breakingsilence/W-B2.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}
• [http://www.compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/breakingsilence/W-B3.pdf Breaking the Silence - Part Three - Health Hazards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075337/http://www.compassionincare.com/sites/default/files/breakingsilence/W-B3.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}
• https://compassionincare.com/public-interest-enemy-no-1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623082038/https://compassionincare.com/public-interest-enemy-no-1 |date=2020-06-23 }}
• https://compassionincare.com/hunt-justice-and-accountability {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626085842/https://compassionincare.com/hunt-justice-and-accountability |date=2020-06-26 }}
• https://compassionincare.com/should-we-abolish-accountability
• https://compassionincare.com/reality-cctv-check-0 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626160830/https://compassionincare.com/reality-cctv-check-0 |date=2020-06-26 }}

• Southern Cross Healthcare (United Kingdom)

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.compassionincare.com Compassion in Care website]
• [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYRep9-moiVpV4m21gMctbA Eileen Chubb YouTube channel]
• [https://twitter.com/CompassnInCare Eileen Chubb Twitter account]
• 26 Feb 2014 RT [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1P_G91lhV8Eileen Chubb founder and Director of Compassion in Care interviewed by RT's Afshin Rattansi]
• 11 Feb 2015 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1i2YdJmcMQ BBC News 24 interview with Eileen Chubb]
• The Times M Bowers and J Sherman 6 Aug 2011 [https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/the-care-worker-who-complained-my-life-was-made-a-living-hell-3kgb8lhnmxv The care worker who complained: ‘My life was made a living hell’]

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