Independent Reviews

Sep 2024 Health & Social Care Darzi Review Lord Ara Darzi · DHSC — Independent investigation diagnosing the state of the NHS in England. Found the NHS was in critical condition with … 34 recs Sep 2024 Independent review of forensic pathology Home Office — Review of the pathology on victims of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, to identify any shortcomings and make … 6 recs Jul 2024 Health & Social Care Review into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission: interim report DHSC — Emerging findings and initial recommendations of the review into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission (CQC). 5 recs Jul 2024 Education Fit for the Future: Independent Review of the Office for Students Sir David Behan · DfE — A report of the findings and recommendations of the Independent Review of the Office for Students (OfS), led … 32 recs Apr 2024 Health & Social Care Cass Review Dr Hilary Cass · NHSE — Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people in England. Found the service provided by … 32 recs Mar 2024 Policing & Security IOPC Review Dr Gillian Fairfield · Home Office — Public body review examining the IOPC's efficacy, efficiency, governance and accountability. Made 93 recommendations, 73 addressed to the … 93 recs Feb 2024 Buckland Autism Employment Review Sir Robert Buckland · Department for Work and Pensions — Independent review examining how employers recruit, retain and develop autistic people, identifying barriers to employment and making 19 … 19 recs Nov 2023 Maude Civil Service Review Lord Maude of Horsham · Cabinet Office — Independent review examining whether civil service governance and accountability arrangements support effective government delivery. Made 57 recommendations across … 57 recs Jun 2023 Harrington FDI Review Lord Harrington of Watford · BEIS — Independent review examining how to improve the UK's offer to foreign direct investors. Made 6 recommendations to strengthen … 6 recs Apr 2023 Bailey DBS Review Simon Bailey CBE QPM · Home Office — Independent review examining the effectiveness of the disclosure and barring regime, covering safeguarding checks for aid workers, door … 9 recs Mar 2023 Policing & Security Casey Review Baroness Casey of Blackstock · Home Office — Independent review into the culture and standards of the Metropolitan Police Service. Found institutional racism, misogyny, and homophobia … 16 recs Mar 2023 Nurse RDI Review Sir Paul Nurse · DSIT — Independent review examining the mix of UK organisations performing research, development and innovation. Made 29 recommendations to strengthen … 29 recs Feb 2023 Policing & Security Shawcross Review Sir William Shawcross · Home Office — Independent review of the Prevent counter-terrorism programme. Found Prevent had been too focused on right-wing extremism at the … 34 recs Jan 2023 Skidmore Review Chris Skidmore MP · BEIS — Independent review of the UK government's approach to delivering its 2050 net zero target, examining whether policies are … 129 recs Dec 2022 Newman CAA Review Jeremy Newman · DfT — Independent review of the Civil Aviation Authority examining its effectiveness, governance and regulatory approach, making recommendations to improve … 24 recs Oct 2022 Health & Social Care East Kent Maternity Review Dr Bill Kirkup CBE · DHSC — Independent investigation into serious maternity and neonatal service failings at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust between … 5 recs Jul 2022 Tickell Research Bureaucracy Review Sir Adam Tickell · DSIT — Independent review examining the bureaucratic burden on UK researchers. Made 28 recommendations to reduce unnecessary administrative load on … 22 recs Jul 2022 Justice & Legal Calvert-Smith SFO Review Sir David Calvert-Smith · Attorney General's Office — Independent review commissioned by the Attorney General following the Court of Appeal's judgment in R v Akle & … 11 recs Jun 2022 Health & Social Care Messenger Review General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard · DHSC — Independent review examining leadership and management across health and social care in England. Identified cultural, structural and talent … 7 recs May 2022 Education MacAlister Review Josh MacAlister · DfE — Independent review of children's social care in England. Found the system was reactive and bureaucratic, failing to provide … 80 recs Apr 2022 Health & Social Care Goldacre Review Ben Goldacre · DHSC — Independent review commissioned by DHSC examining how NHS patient data can be better used for research and analysis … 205 recs Mar 2022 Health & Social Care Ockenden Review Donna Ockenden · DHSC — Independent review of maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust covering 1,592 cases between 2000 and … 79 recs Mar 2022 Skeoch Review Keith Skeoch · HM Treasury — Statutory independent review of the bank ring-fencing regime introduced by the Banking Reform Act 2013 and of proprietary … 9 recs Dec 2021 Justice & Legal Bellamy Review Sir Christopher Bellamy QC · MoJ — Independent review examining the long-term sustainability of the criminal legal aid system in England and Wales, covering police … 19 recs Dec 2021 Justice & Legal Law Commission Hate Crime Review Law Commission · Home Office — Law Commission review of hate crime legislation in England and Wales, examining the extent and nature of hate … 34 recs