LACK OF LEGAL REGULATIONS ON ESCORTED TRANSPORT OF PATIENTS OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES28 The existing regulations fail to determine procedures of escorted transport of patients held at psychiatric hospitals and wards pursuant to adjudicated preventive measures, outside the premises of the institution for the purpose of medical consultations, examination or treatment. At present, the responsibility for their transport lies with psychiatric facilities’ managers. The Commissioner has reported the issue again to the Minister of Health. Until the date of this report, no reply has been received from the Minister of Health. LACK OF LEGAL MEASURES TO PROTECT WHISTLE-BLOWERS – MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED SERVICES AND SPECIAL SERVICES29 Officers of those services, who suspect that detained persons may be illtreated by other officers, refrain from reacting and reporting such cases. This is often caused by the fear of negative consequences and ostracism on the part of their peers. Therefore, in the Commissioner’s opinion, it is necessary to draw up appropriate regulations and procedures to make it possible for whistleblowers to professionally report irregularities without fear about their safety or professional consequences. In reply, the Secretary of the Board on Special Services informed30 that the Commissioner’s comments on the bill on transparency of public life, regarding the protection of whistle-blowers - members of uniformed services and special services, within the mechanism of protection against torture, have been taken into account during the internal analysis of the bill. see above KMP.570.1.2018 30 Letter of 13 June 2018. 28 29 Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2018 27