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Employment

Recommendations related to employment

10 recommendations 100% accepted

Tag overview

Government Response
Accepted (7)
Accepted in Part (3)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 3 inquiries

Across 3 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

10 total
IHRD-5 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

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.

HSC Trusts
IHRD-73 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

GMC Code in Employment Contracts

General Medical Council ('GMC') 'Good Medical Practice' Code requirements should be incorporated into contracts of employment for doctors.

HSC Trusts
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
F178 Accepted in Part Mid Staffs Inquiry

Implementation of the duty Ensuring consistency of obligations under the duty of openness transparency and candour

The NHS Constitution should be revised to reflect the changes recommended with regard to a duty of openness, transparency and candour, and all organisations should review their contracts of employment, …

- The NHS Constitution was updated in July 2015 to incorporate the principles of openness, transparency, and candour recommended by Francis. The Constitution includes a …
Department of Health and…
F179 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Restrictive contractual clauses

"Gagging clauses" or non disparagement clauses should be prohibited in the policies and contracts of all healthcare organisations, regulators and commissioners; insofar as they seek, or appear, to limit bona …

- The Freedom to Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC, February 2015) specifically addressed the use of gagging clauses in NHS contracts and settlement …
Department of Health and…
F202 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Strengthening the nursing professional voice

Recognition of the importance of nursing representation at provider level should be given by ensuring that adequate time is allowed for staff to undertake this role, and employers and unions …

- The government's response in "Hard Truths" (Cm 8777, November 2013) accepted this recommendation and stated that adequate time for staff representation at provider level …
Healthcare providers
F231 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Coordination with internal procedures

It is essential that, so far as practicable, Nursing and Midwifery Council procedures do not obstruct the progress of internal disciplinary action in providers. In most cases it should be …

- The government's response in "Hard Truths" (Cm 8777, November 2013) accepted this recommendation (Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, DHSC, November 2013). …
NMC
F7 Accepted in Part Mid Staffs Inquiry

Clarity of values and principles

All NHS staff should be required to enter into an express commitment to abide by the NHS values and the Constitution, both of which should be incorporated into the contracts …

- The NHS Constitution for England states that staff should "follow all guidance, standards and codes relevant to your role" and that staff have "a …
NHS
L47 Accepted in Part Leveson Inquiry

Journalist Contract Protection

The industry generally and a regulatory body in particular should consider requiring its members to include in the employment or service contracts with journalists a clause to the effect that …

- The Editors' Code of Practice Committee maintains the Editors' Code used by IPSO. Clause 1 requires that the press "must take care not to …
Press
L80 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

ACPO Post-employment Restrictions

Consideration should be given to the terms upon which ACPO rank officers are appointed and, in particular, whether these terms should include some limitation upon the nature of any employment …

- The College of Policing and NPCC have adopted guidance on standards of professional behaviour applying to senior officers, including requirements around business interests and …
National Police Chiefs C… Police