Oversight
Recommendations related to oversight
Tag overview
recommendation across 12 inquiries
Across 12 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
Appoint senior lawyer to ensure HSS offers are full and fair
A suitably qualified senior lawyer shall be appointed to HSS as soon as is practicable with the aim that any such appointee will take appropriate action to ensure that first …
Grant appropriate powers to HSS senior lawyer
The appointed person shall be given appropriate powers to ensure that these tasks can be performed and carried into effect. If it is considered necessary by the appointing authority, it …
Independent CCTV viewers
Viewers of the CCTV should be independent of the setting, i.e. not involved in day-to-day care of the residents.
External CCTV oversight
Oversight of the CCTV analysis should sit outside the setting in which the CCTV is recording, and should include audits of referrals and outcomes.
Independent external oversight body
An independent external body should be given responsibility for the regular assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of HM Coastguard. Consideration should be given to extending the remit of His …
PACAC Oversight of Implementation
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (“PACAC”) should review both the progress towards responding to the Inquiry’s recommendations and, to the extent that they are accepted, implementing those recommendations.
Monitor Brook House contract performance robustly
The Home Office must actively and robustly monitor the performance of the Brook House contract, including satisfying itself that any self-reported information is accurate. This may include engagement with monitoring …
Mandatory use of force debrief training and multi-level review process
The Home Office must ensure, as a matter of urgency, that training is delivered on how to conduct an effective use of force incident debrief, ensuring that issues of detained …
Ensure Home Office staff presence and visibility in IRCs
The Home Office must ensure that its staff are regularly present and visible within each immigration removal centre.
Strengthen Independent Monitoring Board statutory footing and responsiveness
The government must: respond to and publish responses to all concerns raised by any Independent Monitoring Board regarding immigration removal centres; take steps without further delay to amend the Detention …
Improve HMIP and IMB evidence gathering and reporting processes
HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Independent Monitoring Boards working within immigration removal centres must ensure that they have robust processes for: obtaining and reporting on an enhanced range of evidence …
Child Protection Authorities
The Inquiry recommends that the UK government establishes a Child Protection Authority for England and the Welsh Government establishes a Child Protection Authority for Wales. Each Authority's purpose should be …
IPCO inspections of informant policies
The Panel is concerned that the policies and procedures relating to the use of informants by law enforcement agencies still allow scope for corrupt practices, and it recommends that the …
HMICFRS Thematic Inspection of Armed Policing
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (“HMICFRS”) should conduct a thematic inspection or inspections concerning: (i) the selection and training of officers authorised to use weapons …
Employment Contracts and Duty of Candour
Trusts should review their contracts of employment, policies and guidance to ensure that, where relevant, they include and are consistent with the duty of candour.
RQIA Compliance Review Powers
Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority ('RQIA') should review overall compliance and consideration should be given to granting it the power to prosecute in cases of serial non-compliance or serious and …
Expand RQIA Remit and Resources
The Department should expand both the remit and resources of the RQIA in order that it might (i) maintain oversight of the SAI process (ii) be strengthened in its capacity …
Independent Medical Examiner
The Department should now institute the office of Independent Medical Examiner to scrutinise those hospital deaths not referred to the Coroner.
Child Death Overview Panel
The Department should engage with other interested statutory organisations to review the merits of introducing a Child Death Overview Panel.
Ensure external oversight of implementation
All of the previous recommendations should be implemented with the involvement of Clinical Commissioning Groups, and where necessary, the Care Quality Commission and Monitor. In the particular circumstances surrounding the …
Clarify oversight responsibilities
The division of responsibilities between the Care Quality Commission and other parts of the NHS for oversight of service quality and the implementation of measures to correct patient safety failures …
Learning and information from complaints
Commissioners should require access to all complaints information as and when complaints are made, and should receive complaints and their outcomes on as near a real-time basis as possible. This …
Use of information about compliance by regulator from: Media
Those charged with oversight and regulatory roles in healthcare should monitor media reports about the organisations for which they have responsibility.
Interrogation Video Audit
The interrogation policy should require, as part of the auditing process, a review of a selection of video recordings of interrogations of the inspector’s choosing. Interrogators should know that the …