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Accepted in Part (4)
Not Accepted (1)
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recommendation across 4 inquiries

Across 4 inquiries

Brook House Inquiry Hyponatraemia Inquiry IICSA Infected Blood Inquiry

Tagged Recommendations

18 total
IBI-4a(i) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

Duty of Candour - Northern Ireland

Duty of candour: A statutory duty of candour in healthcare should be introduced in Northern Ireland.

- The Northern Ireland Health Minister Mike Nesbitt committed to advance proposals for an organisational duty of candour, and to consider a statutory individual duty …
Northern Ireland Executi…
IBI-4a(ii) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

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 is being in England, to assess how effective …

- The Scottish Government stated in December 2024 that the organisational duty of candour under the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 …
UK Government Scottish Government
IBI-4a(iii) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

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.

- The Government stated in December 2024 that the review of the statutory duty of candour in England had been completed, with findings published on …
UK Government
IBI-4c(i) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

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 review by the four health departments of the …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in full by the UK Government and the Welsh Government. Accepted in principle by the …
UK Government
IBI-4c(ii) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

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 of safety management systems (“SMS”s) through SMS coordination …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in full by the UK Government and the Welsh Government. Accepted in principle by the …
UK Government
IBI-6a(i) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

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 diagnosed with cirrhosis at any point should receive …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in full by the UK Government, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. Accepted in …
UK Government
IBI-6a(ii) Accepted in Part Infected Blood Inquiry

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 should receive the same care

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government, and the Northern …
UK Government
IBI-6a(iii) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

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 uncertainty about whether a patient has fibrosis they …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in full by the UK Government, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. Accepted in …
UK Government
IBI-6a(iv) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

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 used for liver imaging, rather than alternatives

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in full by the UK Government, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. Accepted in …
UK Government
IBI-6a(v) Accepted in Part Infected Blood Inquiry

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 Hepatitis C which is attributable to infected blood …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern …
UK Government
IBI-6a(vi) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

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 commissioning hepatology services in each of the home …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in full by the UK Government, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. Accepted in …
UK Government
18 Accepted in Part Brook House Inquiry

Update DSO on food and fluid refusal management and reporting

The Home Office must, as a matter of urgency, update Detention Services Order 03/2017: Care and Management of Detained Individuals Refusing Food and/or Fluid, to ensure that it deals with: …

- In March 2024, the Home Office stated that an updated DSO on food and fluid refusal had been published, linking food and fluid refusal …
Home Office
19 Not Accepted Brook House Inquiry

Healthcare staff guidance and training on use of force incidents

The Home Office must ensure that guidance is issued to healthcare staff in immigration removal centres clarifying their role in use of force incidents. It must liaise as necessary with …

- In March 2024, the government rejected this recommendation, stating that NHS England commissions healthcare services and that it is their responsibility, alongside the Care …
Home Office
21 Accepted in Part Brook House Inquiry

Update mental vulnerability and mental capacity DSO guidance

The Home Office must review and update Detention Services Order 04/2020: Mental Vulnerability and Immigration Detention: Non-Clinical Guidance to set out comprehensive guidance for detention and healthcare staff where there …

- In March 2024, the Home Office stated it was scoping requirements with NHS England regarding policy on detained people with mental ill health as …
Home Office
22 Accepted IICSA

National chaperone policy for healthcare (England)

The Chair and Panel recommend that the Department of Health and Social Care develops a national policy for the training and use of chaperones in the treatment of children in …

- In July 2019, the UK government stated that NHS England had developed chaperone guidance notes setting out principles of chaperoning and practical guidance for …
Department of Health and…
23 Accepted IICSA

National chaperone policy for healthcare (Wales)

The Chair and Panel recommend that the Welsh Government develops a national policy for the training and use of chaperones in the treatment of children in healthcare services. The Chair …

- On 6 January 2020, the Welsh Government published guidance for health boards and trusts on good working practice for the use of chaperones in …
Welsh Government
IHRD-1 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

Statutory Duty of Candour

A statutory duty of candour should now be enacted in Northern Ireland so that: (i) Every healthcare organisation and everyone working for them must be open and honest in all …

Northern Ireland Executi…
IHRD-4 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

Trust Awareness of Duty of Candour

Trusts should ensure that all healthcare professionals are made fully aware of the importance, meaning and implications of the duty of candour and its critical role in the provision of …

HSC Trusts