Common safeguarding investigation standards
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry · Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report · Issued 18 June 2026 · Addressed to: Department of Health NI
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
There should be common standards for the conduct of safeguarding investigations. These should be drafted and approved by the Northern Ireland Adult Safeguarding Partnership (NIASP) and adopted by the DoH as policy.
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry, Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report · 18 Jun 2026 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●No formal government response recorded
The Index has not yet recorded a verbatim government response to this recommendation.
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 18 Jun 2026 Report published 18 June 2026. No formal government response published. R2 requires DoH to indicate within six months which recommendations it accepts.
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