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Health and Safety

3 recommendations 67% accepted

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Government Response
Accepted in Part (2)
Awaiting Response (1)
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recommendation across 2 inquiries

Across 2 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

3 total
COVID-M3.3 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Fit-Testing Preparedness

The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should work with employers, including health boards and trusts, to review the availability of qualified fit testers and take …

- The Module 3 report was published on 19 March 2026. - No formal government response to Module 3 recommendations has been published as of …
Department of Health and…
F87 Accepted in Part Mid Staffs Inquiry

Ensuring the utility of a health and safety function in a clinical setting

The Health and Safety Executive is clearly not the right organisation to be focusing on healthcare. Either the Care Quality Commission should be given power to prosecute 1974 Act offences …

- CQC was given powers to prosecute for offences of ill-treatment or wilful neglect of individuals by care providers or care workers under sections 20 …
Department of Health and…
F89 Accepted in Part Mid Staffs Inquiry

Information sharing

Reports on serious untoward incidents involving death of or serious injury to patients or employees should be shared with the Health and Safety Executive.

- HSE and CQC published a memorandum of understanding (most recently revised 2014) providing for reciprocal information sharing. Under the MoU, CQC shares serious incident …
Healthcare providers