Deceased included in safeguarding training and policy
Fuller Inquiry · Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report · Issued 15 July 2025 · Addressed to: NHS England
Government responseDepartment of Health and Social Care: Accepted in part (Dec 2025)
DeliveryDepartment of Health and Social Care says in progress (Jul 2026)NHS England states no delivery position (Jun 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
NHS trust boards should ensure that the security and dignity of deceased people are included in safeguarding training, policies and assurance.
Fuller Inquiry, Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report · 15 Jul 2025 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
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In July 2026, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety Preet Kaur Gill stated that NHS England had issued a national system letter setting out actions expected of trusts to ensure improvements are delivered consistently (Preet Kaur Gill, Jul 2026). In that June 2026 letter, it mapped the recommendation to supporting guidance in the NHS Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (NHS England, Jun 2026). Previously, in December 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care accepted the recommendation in principle subject to further work to determine its full impact (Department of Health and Social Care response, Dec 2025).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.
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Government response
●Department of Health and Social Care · Accepted in part · 16 Dec 2025
The government has agreed to accept in principle 43 recommendations subject to further work to determine the full impact of these recommendations.
Extract from: Interim update on government progress in responding to the Fuller inquiry phase 2 report
Delivery
●Department of Health and Social Care says in progress · 15 Jul 2026
NHS England has also issued a national system letter setting out the actions expected of each NHS trust and providers to ensure improvements are delivered consistently.
From: Government update on Progress in responding to the Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 report, Preet Kaur Gill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety
●NHS England states no delivery position · 26 Jun 2026
Recommendations 19, 20 and 21 (relevant to safeguarding)
The full text of these recommendations can be found in the Phase 2 Report (pp.266-267).
Supporting guidance
NHS Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (see entry 6 in Annex 1).
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