6.1
Addressed to: NHS Improvement
No Response Published
Link to recommendation 6.1
Recommendation · source text
In approving Trust Board appointments, NHS Improvement should take note of the level of experience of appointees and level of risk in the Trust, and should ensure a system of support and mentorship for Board members where indicated.
6.2
Addressed to: Care Quality Commission, NHS Improvement, NHS England
No Response Published
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Recommendation · source text
In assessing the level of risk facing a Trust, regulators and oversight organisations should take into account the cumulative impact of relevant factors, including a newly established organisation, inexperienced Board, cost improvement targets and service acquisitions.
6.3
Addressed to: Care Quality Commission, NHS Improvement, NHS England
No Response Published
Link to recommendation 6.3
Recommendation · source text
Regulators and oversight organisations should review how they work together jointly at regional and national level, and implement mechanisms to improve the use of information and soft intelligence more effectively.
6.4
Addressed to: Care Quality Commission, NHS Improvement, NHS England
No Response Published
Link to recommendation 6.4
Recommendation · source text
Regulators and oversight organisations should ensure that, during both local and national reorganisations and reconfigurations, performance and other service information is properly recorded and communicated to successor organisations.
6.5
Addressed to: Department of Health
No Response Published
Link to recommendation 6.5
Recommendation · source text
The Department of Health should review the working of the Care Quality Commission fit and proper person’s test, to ensure that concerns over the capability and conduct of NHS executive and non-Executive Directors are definitively resolved and the outcome reflected in future appointments.
6.6
Addressed to: Trusts providing former LCH services
No Response Published
Link to recommendation 6.6
Recommendation · source text
Organisations taking on former Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust (LCH) services should review the handling of previous serious incidents to ensure they have been properly investigated and lessons learned.
6.7
Addressed to: Trusts providing former LCH services
No Response Published
Link to recommendation 6.7
Recommendation · source text
Organisations taking on former LCH staff as part of service transfers should review the handling of disciplinary and whistleblowing cases urgently to ensure that they have been properly and appropriately resolved. These organisations should ensure that staff are not placed back into working relationships previously the subject of bullying and harassment.
6.8
Addressed to: NHS Improvement, NHS England
No Response Published
Link to recommendation 6.8
Recommendation · source text
Reconfigured LCH services should be reviewed after a year to ensure that the services are now safe and effective.
6.9
Addressed to: NHS England
No Response Published
Link to recommendation 6.9
Recommendation · source text
Health services in HMP Liverpool should be subject to urgent review to ensure that future arrangements are fit for purpose and will be effectively monitored.
6.10
Addressed to: NHS England
No Response Published
Link to recommendation 6.10
Recommendation · source text
NHS England should review the arrangements for commissioning prison health services nationally to ensure that these are safe and effective.