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IHRD-55 Accepted

Board Member Training on Patient Safety

Hyponatraemia Inquiry · Report of the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-related Deaths · Issued 31 January 2018 · Addressed to: HSC Trusts

Source — verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

Trust Chairs and Non-Executive Board Members should be trained to scrutinise the performance of Executive Directors particularly in relation to patient safety objectives.

Hyponatraemia Inquiry, Report of the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-related Deaths · 31 Jan 2018 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:

- HSC Trusts reported that training programmes for Board members on scrutiny of patient safety had been implemented (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018).
- The HSC Board Member Handbook was published in May 2021, covering Board member induction and patient safety scrutiny responsibilities (HSC Board Member Handbook, Department of Health NI, May 2021).
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Evidence searched by Claude (Anthropic) on 17 Jul 2026
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This recommendation applies across many organisations. The evidence above reflects central policy activity; adoption in individual organisations may vary.

Response — verbatim from government

●HSC Trusts

Training programmes implemented for Board members on scrutiny of patient safety performance.

HSC Trusts · 1 Mar 2018 Written response →

Evidence trail — what's actually happened since

  • 6 Feb 2026 · HSC Trusts / Department of Health NI HSC Board Member Handbook published May 2021 - the first product to emerge from the IHRD Implementation Programme. Induction training programmes established for Trust Board members. View source → Confirmed Completed

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