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Fuller Inquiry Paterson Inquiry Scottish Hospitals Inquiry

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5 total
SHI-1 Accepted Scottish Hospitals Inquiry

Communication strategy for patients and families

Health boards must ensure that in the event of any adverse situation that could affect the wellbeing of patients and their families, there is a communication strategy in place to …

- On 13 March 2025, Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray MSP accepted all 11 recommendations in a parliamentary statement (Scottish Government Parliamentary Statement, 13 March 2025). …
Scottish Government
P1-17 Accepted Fuller Inquiry

Deceased treated with same dignity as patients

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must treat the deceased with the same due regard to dignity and safeguarding as it does its other patients.

- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that it had reinforced the principle that the deceased must be treated with the same dignity and respect …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
2 Accepted Paterson Inquiry

Patient-focused correspondence

We recommend that it should be standard practice that consultants in both the NHS and the independent sector should write to patients, outlining their condition and treatment, in simple language, …

- In December 2021, the government accepted this recommendation, noting that the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges had updated its 2018 guidance 'Please write to …
Department of Health and…
7 Accepted Paterson Inquiry

UHB patient recall

We recommend that the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust board should check that all patients of Paterson have been recalled, and to communicate with any who have not been …

- In December 2021, the government stated that this recommendation had been accepted and implemented, with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust having undertaken extensive …
University Hospitals Bir…
8 Accepted Paterson Inquiry

Spire patient recall

We recommend that Spire should check that all patients of Ian Paterson have been recalled, and to communicate with any who have not been seen, and that they should check …

- In December 2021, the government stated that this recommendation had been accepted and implemented, with Spire Healthcare having undertaken comprehensive patient recall and all …
Spire Healthcare