Tag
Chief Nurse
2 recommendations
100% accepted
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recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
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Chief Nurse responsible for mortuary assurance
The Chief Nurse should be made explicitly responsible for assuring the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Board that mortuary management is delivered in such a way that it protects …
- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that the Chief Nurse had been assigned responsibility for mortuary services within the Trust executive structure (MTW Trust …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
Chief Nurse responsibility for deceased safeguarding
The remit of the Chief Nurse in NHS trusts should explicitly include executive responsibility for safeguarding the security and dignity of deceased people in NHS mortuaries and body stores.
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on assigning Chief Nurse responsibility for mortuary services was accepted in principle. Full government response …
NHS England