Inquiries · Recommendations

Public Inquiry Recommendations

1,814 tracked recommendations 35 inquiries 682 match current filters Page 6 of 14

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

Browse by inquiry

35 inquiries with tracked recs

Inquiry	Recs	Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry	290	281
Manchester Arena Inquiry	169	169
IICSA	107	96
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry	106	—
Grenfell Tower Inquiry	104	104
Infected Blood Inquiry	103	102
Hyponatraemia Inquiry	96	96
Fuller Inquiry	92	71
Leveson Inquiry	92	77
Vale of Leven Inquiry	75	75
Baha Mousa Inquiry	73	72
Southport Inquiry	67	—
RHI Inquiry	45	44
COVID-19 Inquiry	44	24
Morecambe Bay Investigation	44	44
Brook House Inquiry	33	28
Bichard Inquiry	31	31
Angiolini Inquiry	30	29
Post Office Horizon Inquiry	27	25
Jermaine Baker Inquiry	26	22
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry	24	21
Daniel Morgan Panel	23	21
Cranston Inquiry	18	—
Paterson Inquiry	17	15
HIA Inquiry	12	12
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry	11	11
Anthony Grainger Inquiry	9	9
Al-Sweady Inquiry	9	9
Hillsborough Panel	9	5
Fingerprint Inquiry	9	9
ICL Inquiry	7	6
Litvinenko Inquiry	5	5
Azelle Rodney Inquiry	3	3
Billy Wright Inquiry	3	3
Penrose Inquiry	1	1

Recommendations

682 of 1,814 · page 6 of 14

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
AC-1c	Legal Support Signposting IBCA include a prominent reference to the availability of legal support paid by IBCA on all registration and application forms and in …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
AC-1d	Three-Cohort Prioritisation When IBCA opens up the service beyond people infected and registered with the support schemes, IBCA: (i) update the sequencing to three …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
AC-1e	Oral Representations at Review IBCA consider making provision, either generally or in specific cases, for oral representations to be made where a decision is reviewed internally, …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
AC-1f	Written Reasons for Decisions Written reasons for the original decision must be provided so that the review process can operate fairly.	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
AC-2a	Publish Guidance and Board Minutes IBCA should publish: guidance, advice or instructions to claim managers; work undertaken by IBCA with the Cabinet Office's policy team to ensure …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
AC-2b	Share Clinical Assessor Advice In respect of any case in which the advice of a clinical assessor has been given, in relation to the person concerned …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
AC-2c	Community Advisory Body A formal role be given within IBCA for an advisory body consisting of people infected and affected, covering a range of experience …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
AC-2d	Structured Response to Community Input To build confidence that IBCA is actively listening to people infected and affected, IBCA adopt more of a structured response to contributions …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
IBI-A-2e	Transparency of Scheme Design The Government and IBCA establish a mechanism by which individuals or organisations may raise concerns which arise about any aspect of the …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
IBI-A-3a	HIV Eligibility Start Date An amendment to the Regulations be made as soon as possible to remove the reference to 1 January 1982 from Regulation 3.	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
IBI-A-4a	Interferon Treatment Impacts People infected with Hepatitis B or C who have received a course of treatment with or based on interferon should be recognised …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
IBI-A-4b	Special Category Mechanism The Government reconsider whether to maintain its rejection in February 2025 of the recommendations of Sir Robert Francis KC and advice from …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
IBI-A-4c	Effective Treatment - Earnings Floor For the calculation of Financial Loss awards for Hepatitis B, people born after 1953 should be treated like those born in or …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
IBI-A-4d	Deeming of Severity Bands Where the level of severity of a person's infection at Level 3 or more has been established to IBCA's satisfaction in relation …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
IBI-A-4e	Evidence of Diagnosis Date Regulation 14(2)(c) be amended to remove the requirement for evidence of the date of diagnosis of Hepatitis B or C. An appropriate …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
IBI-A-5a	Severe Psychological Harm The approach of the Infected Blood Psychology Service is adopted so that both a diagnosis made by a psychiatric professional and a …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
IBI-A-6a	Financial Loss and Care "x" be removed from the equation set out in Regulation 7.	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
IBI-A-6b	Exceptional Loss Evidence The Cabinet Office consult on whether the evidential requirements for exceptional reduced earnings are likely to prove a barrier to people who …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
IBI-A-7a	Unethical Research Award Where there is evidence that an individual was the victim of unethical research practices IBCA should be authorised to make an unethical …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
IBI-A-7b	Wider Definition of Unethical Research When considering the evidence IBCA applies the wider definition of research explained in the Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report chapter on Unethical …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
IBI-A-7c	Unethical Research Award Amount Review The Minister consider whether the £10,000 (£15,000 for Treloar's pupils) should in justice be increased and further decides what sum he considers …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Under Consideration
IBI-A-8a	Supplementary Route for Affected Persons The Minister give consideration to there being a supplementary route for people affected. This could include opening the supplemental award for severe …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted in Part
IBI-A-8b	Affected Estates The Regulations be amended such that where someone who would be an eligible affected person dies between 21 May 2024 and 31 …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
IBI-A-9a	Bereaved Partner Support Scheme The IBSS cut-off date of 31 March 2025 be reviewed, that the scheme should as soon as possible reinstate support payments to …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2025)	Accepted
IBI-1	Compensation Scheme My principal recommendation remains that a compensation scheme should be set up now	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-2a	UK and Devolved Memorials A permanent memorial be established in the UK and consideration be given to memorials in each of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-2b	Treloar's School Memorial A memorial be established at public expense, dedicated specifically to the children infected at Treloar’s school. The memorial should be such as …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-2c	Community Support Events There should be at least three events, approximately six months apart, drawing together those infected and affected, the nature and timing of …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-3a	Medical Education - Curriculum The General Medical Council, and NHS Education for Scotland, Health Education and Improvement Wales, Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency and …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-3b	Medical Education - Training Materials They should look favourably upon putting together a package of training materials, with excerpts from oral and written testimony, to underpin what …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-3c	Inquiry Website Preservation The Inquiry website is maintained online	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-4a(i)	Duty of Candour - Northern Ireland Duty of candour: A statutory duty of candour in healthcare should be introduced in Northern Ireland.	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-4a(ii)	Duty of Candour - Scotland and Wales Review Duty of candour: The operation of the duties of candour in healthcare in Scotland and in Wales should be reviewed, as it …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-4a(iii)	Duty of Candour - England Review Duty of candour: The review of the duty of candour currently under way in England should be completed as soon as practicable.	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-4a(iv)	Individual Duty of Candour for Leaders Statutory duty of candour: The statutory duties of candour in England, Scotland, Wales (and Northern Ireland, when introduced) should be extended to …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
IBI-4a(v)	Leadership Accountability for Safety Statutory duty of candour: Individuals in leadership positions should be required by the terms of their appointment and by secondary legislation to …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
IBI-4b	Organisational Culture Change Cultural Change: That a culture of defensiveness, lack of openness, failure to be forthcoming, and being dismissive of concerns about patient safety …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
IBI-4c(i)	Simplify External Regulation Regulation: That external regulation of safety in healthcare be simplified. As a first step towards this, there should be a UK wide …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-4c(ii)	Safety Management Systems Coordination Regulation: That the national healthcare administrations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales explore, and if appropriate, support the development and implementation …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-4d	Patient Records Audit Patient Records: Before the end of 2027 there should be a formal audit, publicly reported, of the extent of success of digitisation …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-4e	Cross-Administration Patient Safety Coordination Coordination of patient records with devolved governments: Consideration should be given by the national healthcare administrations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-5a	Civil Service Statutory Duty of Candour The Government should reconsider whether, in the light of the facts revealed by this Inquiry, it is sufficient to continue to rely …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
IBI-5b	Monitoring Non-Statutory Duties If, on review, the Government considers that it is sufficient to rely on the current non-statutory duties in the Civil Service Code, …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
IBI-5c	Ministerial Duty of Candour The Government should consider the extent to which Ministers should be subject to a duty beyond their current duty to Parliament under …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
IBI-6a(i)	Hepatologist Oversight and Fibroscan Access All patients who have contracted hepatitis via a blood transfusion or blood products should receive the following care: Those who have been …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-6a(ii)	Specialist Hepatology Centre Access All patients who have contracted hepatitis via a blood transfusion or blood products should receive the following care: Those who have fibrosis …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
IBI-6a(iii)	Uncertainty About Fibrosis All patients who have contracted hepatitis via a blood transfusion or blood products should receive the following care: Where there is any …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-6a(iv)	Fibroscan for Liver Imaging All patients who have contracted hepatitis via a blood transfusion or blood products should receive the following care: Fibroscan technology should be …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
IBI-6a(v)	Consultant Hepatologist Access All patients who have contracted hepatitis via a blood transfusion or blood products should receive the following care: Those who have had …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted in Part
IBI-6a(vi)	Commissioning Hepatology Services All patients who have contracted hepatitis via a blood transfusion or blood products should receive the following care: Those bodies responsible for …	Infected Blood Inquiry (2024)	Accepted

‹ Prev Page 6 of 14 Next ›