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Recommendations: Paterson Inquiry

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Recommendations issued by UK statutory and non-statutory inquiries, with their tracked government response and supporting evidence.

Recommendations

17 of 1,814

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
1	Single consultant data repository We recommend that there should be a single repository of the whole practice of consultants across England, setting out their practising privileges …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted in Part
2	Patient-focused correspondence We recommend that it should be standard practice that consultants in both the NHS and the independent sector should write to patients, …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
3	Explaining independent sector differences We recommend that the differences between how the care of patients in the independent sector is organised and the care of patients …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
4	Reflection period for consent We recommend that there should be a short period introduced into the process of patients giving consent for surgical procedures, to allow …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted in Part
5	CQC assurance on MDT meetings We recommend that CQC, as a matter of urgency, should assure itself that all hospital providers are complying effectively with up-to-date national …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
6a	Communicating complaint escalation We recommend that information about the means to escalate a complaint to an independent body is communicated more effectively in both the …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
6b	Mandatory independent complaint resolution We recommend that all private patients should have the right to mandatory independent resolution of their complaint.	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted in Part
7	UHB patient recall We recommend that the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust board should check that all patients of Paterson have been recalled, and …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
8	Spire patient recall We recommend that Spire should check that all patients of Ian Paterson have been recalled, and to communicate with any who have …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
9	National patient recall framework We recommend that a national framework or protocol, with guidance, is developed about how recall of patients should be managed and communicated, …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
10	Indemnity regulation reform We recommend that the Government should, as a matter of urgency, reform the current regulation of indemnity products for healthcare professionals in …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted in Part
11	Regulatory system patient safety priority We recommend that the government should ensure that the current system of regulation and the collaboration of the regulators serves patient safety …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
12a	Suspension during investigation We recommend that if, when a hospital investigates a healthcare professional's behaviour, including the use of an HR process, any perceived risk …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Not Accepted
12b	Information sharing between providers We recommend that if the healthcare professional also works at another provider, any concerns about them should be communicated to that provider.	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted in Part
13	Independent sector provider responsibility We recommend that the government addresses, as a matter of urgency, this gap in responsibility and liability.	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted in Part
14	Board apologies We recommend that when things go wrong, boards should apologise at the earliest stage of investigation and not hold back from doing …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Accepted
15	Independent sector NHS contract qualification We recommend that if the government accepts any of the recommendations set out above, it should make arrangements to ensure that these …	Paterson Inquiry (2020)	Under Consideration