IBI-4b

Organisational Culture Change

Infected Blood Inquiry · Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report · Issued 20 May 2024 · Addressed to: UK Government

Government responseUK Government: Accepted in part (May 2025)

DeliveryNo statement from UK Government found

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

Cultural Change:

That a culture of defensiveness, lack of openness, failure to be forthcoming, and being dismissive of concerns about patient safety be addressed both by taking the steps set out in (a) above, and also by making leaders accountable for how the culture operates in their part of the system, and for the way in which it involves patients.

Infected Blood Inquiry, Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report · 20 May 2024 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

In its response presented to Parliament in May 2025, the UK Government stated that this recommendation on organisational culture change and leadership accountability for patient safety was accepted in principle alongside the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive (Cabinet Office response, May 2025). The record holds no update since the UK Government's response of May 2025 (Cabinet Office response, May 2025).

Sources

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.

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This recommendation asks for cultural or behavioural change, which is difficult to verify from published sources alone. The record above reflects policy commitments rather than measured outcomes.

Government response

●UK Government · Accepted in part · 14 May 2025

Words of: UK Government, Full Government Response to the Infected Blood Inquiry's May 2024 Report (CP 1318), presented to Parliament by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 14 May 2025

This recommendation is accepted in principle by the UK Government, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive.

Extract from: Full Government Response to the Infected Blood Inquiry's May 2024 Report

Delivery

No statement on delivery from UK Government has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.

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