Training for IPC professionals engineers and clinicians
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry · Scottish Hospitals Inquiry Interim Report · Issued 4 March 2025 · Addressed to: Scottish Government
Government responseScottish Government: Accepted (Sep 2025)
DeliveryScottish Government says in progress (Sep 2025)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
I would recommend that IPC professionals should receive some basic training on the recommendations made by the NHS's own guidance for engineering systems, insofar as they are made in the interests of patient safety and care, before they are recruited to work on large scale hospital projects.
Similarly, engineers would benefit from basic training on infection control principles and clinical requirements before embarking on new build hospital projects.
Clinicians involved in projects would also benefit from basic training in the recommended output parameters of building engineering systems which have a direct bearing on the safety and care of patients in their departments.
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry, Scottish Hospitals Inquiry Interim Report · 4 Mar 2025 Source PDF →
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In September 2025, Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, reported in a letter to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee that NHS Scotland Assure is developing a framework of training and lessons learned that will be accessible to all health boards via a shared intranet site (Neil Gray, Sep 2025). The record holds no update since the Scottish Government's response of September 2025 (Neil Gray response, Sep 2025).
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Government response
●Scottish Government · Accepted · 17 Sep 2025
On 13 March 2025, I made a statement in parliament, addressing the Interim Report and its recommendations. I accepted all recommendations and committed to provide a future update on progress around the implementation of those recommendations.
Delivery
●Scottish Government says in progress · 17 Sep 2025
As part of its 2023-26 strategy, NHS Scotland Assure is developing a framework of training and lessons learned that will be accessible to all Health Boards via a shared intranet site.
From: Scottish Hospitals Inquiry (SHI) - Update on actions taken by the Scottish Government to address the recommendations made by the SHI in its Interim Report on the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Department of Clinical Neuroscience (RHCYP DCN), Edinburgh, Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Scottish Government · 13 Mar 2025
The Scottish Government is committed to working with the health boards and other NHS bodies to consider and address each of the 11 recommendations made in the interim report.
From: Scottish Hospitals Inquiry (Interim Report) (Meeting of the Parliament, 13 March 2025), Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
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