Whistle-blowers
As part of our commitment to an open and ethical culture, a breach of integrity can be reported safely and confidentially through an internal reporting channel within our organisation. This meets our hospitals' obligations according to European and Belgian legislation on the protection of whistle-blowers. We will exercise our social responsibility as appropriate in response to reports from whistle-blowers.
You can report infringements concerning the topics shown below:
- public procurement
- financial services, products and markets, prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing
- product safety and compliance
- transport safety
- environmental protection
- radiation protection and nuclear safety
- food and feed safety, health and welfare
- public health
- consumer protection
- protection of privacy and personal data and the security of network and information systems
- fight against tax fraud
- social fraud prevention
- rules governing the functioning of the European single market (competition and state aid).
- Anyone who is or has been employed at the Maria Middelares Non-profit Organisation in any capacity whatsoever.
- Individuals whose employment has not yet started.
- Employees and contract staff of external service providers.
When the aforementioned individuals have obtained information about the breach in the context of their professional work, they can submit a report.
Please submit your report using the contact form below.
Reporting by post, e-mail, phone or in person is also possible. More information on this can be found in the internal reporting procedure (LINK).
So that your report can be appropriately investigated and assessed, it is important to formulate the information as concretely and fully as possible.
More information
More information on how the report is followed up, as well as the protection offered, can be found in the internal reporting procedure.
External reporting?
We request that breaches be reported internally first through the channels mentioned above, so that we can conduct an investigation as quickly as possible and take appropriate measures if necessary. There is also the possibility of making a report externally via the federal ombudsman acting as federal coordinator or via the competent authorities designated by RD (RD of 22/01/2023 - BS 31/01/2023), such as, among others, the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAGG), the Federal Agency for Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC), the Data Protection Authority (GBA) and the Belgian Competition Authority (BMA).
