IHRD-56 Accepted

Board Member Induction Training

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

All Trust Board Members should receive induction training in their statutory duties.

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 Board-level governance arrangements for patient safety had been strengthened, including standing agenda items on patient safety at Board meetings (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018).
- The HSC Board Member Handbook published in May 2021 sets out governance expectations (HSC Board Member Handbook, Department of Health NI, May 2021).
- No independent published assessment of the effectiveness of these governance arrangements has been identified.
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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

Induction training programmes established for Trust Board members.

HSC Trusts · 1 Mar 2018 Written response →

Evidence trail — what's actually happened since

No published activity has been recorded against this recommendation yet.

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