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Accepted (5)
Accepted in Part (1)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 4 inquiries

Across 4 inquiries

Hyponatraemia Inquiry Mid Staffs Inquiry Morecambe Bay Investigation Paterson Inquiry

Tagged Recommendations

6 total
11 Accepted Paterson Inquiry

Regulatory system patient safety priority

We recommend that the government should ensure that the current system of regulation and the collaboration of the regulators serves patient safety as the top priority, given the ineffectiveness of …

- In December 2021, the government accepted this recommendation, stating that CQC and GMC had improved information-sharing arrangements and that the Professional Standards Authority oversees …
Department of Health and…
4 Accepted in Part Paterson Inquiry

Reflection period for consent

We recommend that there should be a short period introduced into the process of patients giving consent for surgical procedures, to allow them time to reflect on their diagnosis and …

- In December 2021, the government accepted this recommendation in principle, stating that GMC guidance on consent (updated 2020) already emphasises that patients should have …
GMC
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
19 Accepted Morecambe Bay Investigation

Professional bodies review conduct of registrants

In light of the evidence we have heard during the Investigation, we consider that the professional regulatory bodies should review the findings of this Report in detail with a view …

- In July 2015, the government stated: "We accept this recommendation. Action is under way" and confirmed that the GMC and NMC had "reviewed the …
GMC
F152 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Medical training

Any organisation which in the course of a review, inspection or other performance of its duties, identifies concerns potentially relevant to the acceptability of training provided by a healthcare provider, …

- The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (section 96) placed a statutory duty on specified bodies — including CQC, NHS England (then the NHS …
Healthcare providers
F18 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Responsibility for setting standards

It is essential that professional bodies in which doctors and nurses have confidence are fully involved in the formulation of standards and in the means of measuring compliance.

- NICE involves professional bodies, clinical experts and patient representatives in the development of guidelines and quality standards through its established guideline development process, including …
Department of Health and…