Tag

Professional Standards

Recommendations related to professional standards

3 recommendations 100% accepted

Tag overview

Government Response
Accepted (3)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 2 inquiries

Across 2 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

3 total
IHRD-74 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

Professional Codes in Employment Contracts

Likewise, professional codes governing nurses and other healthcare professionals should be incorporated into contracts of employment.

- HSC Trusts reported that patient safety dashboards had been developed for Board-level reporting (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - No …
HSC Trusts
IHRD-75 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

Independent Disciplinary Action

Notwithstanding referral to the GMC, or other professional body Trusts should treat breaches of professional codes and/or poor performance as disciplinary matters and deal with them independently of professional bodies.

- HSC Trusts reported that complaint response times and quality had been improved (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - No independent …
HSC Trusts
41 Accepted Morecambe Bay Investigation

Guidance for external service reviews

We were concerned by the ad hoc nature and variable quality of the numerous external reviews of services that were carried out at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS …

- In July 2015, the government stated: "We accept this recommendation" and noted that the Serious Incident Framework (March 2015) set out details of when …
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