Mary MacMillan Smith Forrest

(1)There should be defined rules or guidelines for nurse co-ordinators and compulsory training for them. (2) All staff nurses or charge nurses who are not acting in the role of nurse co-ordinator should be fully aware of the role of co-ordinators. B514/08 Mary Macmillan Smith Forrest (3) Much more training on procedures including risk assessment, observation and documentation should be compulsory. (4) There should be a means of auditing the participation of nurses in training and appropriate sanctions if there is a failure. (5) The training of doctors and nurses in areas such as risk assessment, communication, documentation and observation should be more co-ordinated so that the same training is applied across all disciplines. (6) In more general terms I suggest that any party represented at a Fatal Accident Inquiry should be under a duty to disclose to all other parties and to the court all information relevant to the Inquiry and the identity of all witnesses who might assist the Inquiry in reaching a determination.