Should I raise a grievance?

[Superfans]

Not sure what to do….I work in a healthcare setting. I raised (justified) concerns about a colleagues performance as I felt impact on patient safety. He took this badly. He has now tried to accuse me of bullying but in fact I probably have a better case of harassment against him, he has now been unprofessional, threatening and unpleasant to me on several occasions since I raised the concerns and while there were no direct witnesses I have carefully documented exactly what happened.

Management are being pretty useless. If I do the formal grievance will it protect me against further revenge accusations? I do not think he is a safe practitioner but he is not my line management responsibility and his line managers are aware of my concerns. I have heard nothing ever gets resolved in NHS HR so I guess it might just end up with him hating me even more and work just becomes even more challenging. I like the rest of the job and the team but could probably move on quite easily.

Are you in a union? I’d seek advice if so.

Who will hear your grievance? Is it another manager in the same department or HR?

well, you know you are not likely to get the outcome you want. Depends on what You-ten-years-older would say. In 10 years time will you look back and be glad you let sleeping dogs lie, or would you be kicking yourself for not reporting it?

I've done both in my time, and the occasion I reported harassment (repeatedly) had no effect at all, but I can look back with a clear consiens.

Thanks yes I am in a union, I’m not really sure what outcome I want I guess. I really just want him to go away. I don’t really know much about the process and no idea how supportive he management will be.

I’m not sure. The thing is he has done this to others before, so there is an argument someone should tackle the behaviour.
but he is nearing retirement age I think and realistically unlikely to change his behaviour as it has been a pattern for a long time.

Grievances often come to absolutely nothing no matter how justified. I would speak to HR and explain your position and then I would whistleblow on patient care which is protected and you cannot face retribution for.