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Monitoring

Recommendations related to monitoring

25 recommendations 92% accepted

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Government Response
Accepted (14)
Accepted in Part (9)
Awaiting Response (2)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 9 inquiries

Across 9 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

25 total
POH-IR1-1 Accepted in Part Post Office Horizon Inquiry

Allow Advisory Board to monitor individual compensation cases

The Horizon Compensation Advisory Board should not be prevented from monitoring individual cases in which compensation has been or is to be determined by paragraph 4 of its Terms of …

- The Department for Business and Trade accepted this recommendation in part on 21 September 2023, confirming the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board would consider whether …
Department for Business …
POH-IR1-3 Accepted in Part Post Office Horizon Inquiry

Make monitoring full and fair compensation a core Board duty

It must be one of the core duties of the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board that it monitors whether compensation payments are full and fair.

- The Department for Business and Trade accepted this recommendation in part on 21 September 2023, endorsing the Board's view that it "would not be …
Department for Business …
COVID-M4.3 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Improve Vaccine Uptake Monitoring and Evaluation

Each of the four UK public health or health security agencies should work together to: maintain accurate, UK-wide insight into the state of vaccine uptake and hesitancy; and understand the …

Government response: No Published Response. Status: Pending. No independent verification has been carried out.
UK Health Security Agency
R1 Response Pending Muckamore Abbey Inquiry

Implementation monitoring group

The implementation of the following recommendations should be monitored by the DoH and progress should be reported to the DoH Permanent Secretary. To ensure progress is made, an implementation consultation …

Department of Health NI
P1-10 Accepted Fuller Inquiry

Regular CCTV review with swipe card data

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must ensure that footage from the CCTV is reviewed on a regular basis by appropriately trained staff and examined in conjunction with swipe card …

- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that it had implemented regular review of CCTV footage from the mortuary as part of routine security procedures …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P1-7 Accepted Fuller Inquiry

Audit and monitor mortuary access

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must audit implementation of any resulting new policy and must regularly monitor access to restricted areas, including the mortuary, by all staff and contractors.

- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that it had implemented audit procedures to monitor access to restricted areas within the mortuary (MTW Trust Assurance …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P2-30 Accepted Fuller Inquiry

Ambulance data on conveying deceased

Data on how often deceased patients are conveyed in ambulances, and the reasons for this, should be routinely collected and reported to NHS England, and monitored to assess risk.

- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on ambulance services collecting data on conveyance of deceased persons was accepted in full. NHS …
NHS England
P2-43 Accepted in Part Fuller Inquiry

Local authority CCTV installation

CCTV must be installed inside the mortuary facing all doors and access points, the reception area and the doors of all fridges containing deceased people, including where these are accessible …

- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on CCTV in local authority mortuaries was accepted in principle. Full government response due Summer …
Ministry of Housing, Com…
P2-75 Accepted Fuller Inquiry

Government responsible for implementation monitoring

The government should take responsibility for the implementation of all the recommendations we make in this Report, regardless of the primary organisation they are directed at, and make arrangements to …

- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on the government taking responsibility for overseeing implementation of all Fuller Inquiry recommendations was accepted …
Department of Health and…
P2-9 Accepted in Part Fuller Inquiry

Monitor and review staff access numbers

All NHS trusts should monitor the number of staff with access to the mortuary or body store and keep this under routine review.

- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on monitoring staff access patterns in NHS mortuaries was accepted in principle. Full government response …
NHS England
IBI-5b Accepted in Part Infected Blood Inquiry

Monitoring Non-Statutory Duties

If, on review, the Government considers that it is sufficient to rely on the current non-statutory duties in the Civil Service Code, it should nonetheless introduce a statutory duty of …

- The Government stated in December 2024 that it accepted this recommendation in principle and was considering the extent of statutory duties for senior civil …
UK Government
IBI-6a(i) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

Hepatologist Oversight and Fibroscan Access

All patients who have contracted hepatitis via a blood transfusion or blood products should receive the following care: Those who have been diagnosed with cirrhosis at any point should receive …

- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in full by the UK Government, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. Accepted in …
UK Government
ANG-13 Accepted Angiolini Inquiry

Stronger vetting aftercare and randomised re-vetting

By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with all force vetting units, should develop a stronger approach to force vetting aftercare in order to monitor an individual effectively …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address vetting robustness (Government accepts all …
College of Policing
1 Accepted in Part Brook House Inquiry

Monitor Brook House contract performance robustly

The Home Office must actively and robustly monitor the performance of the Brook House contract, including satisfying itself that any self-reported information is accurate. This may include engagement with monitoring …

- In March 2024, the Home Office stated that it had introduced new contracts requiring internal audit programmes and self-reporting by service providers, with two …
Home Office
R35 Accepted Vale of Leven Inquiry

Antibiotic prescribing monitoring

Scottish Government should monitor the implementation of policies and/or guidance on antibiotic prescribing issued in connection with healthcare associated infection.

- The Scottish Government published its response to the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report on 18 June 2015, accepting all 75 recommendations and establishing …
Scottish Government
R71 Accepted Vale of Leven Inquiry

National CDI death monitoring

Scottish Government should identify a national agency to undertake routine national monitoring of deaths related to CDI.

- The Scottish Government published its response to the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report on 18 June 2015, accepting all 75 recommendations and establishing …
Scottish Government
F132 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Monitoring tools

Commissioners must have the capacity to monitor the performance of every commissioning contract on a continuing basis during the contract period: Such monitoring may include requiring quality information generated by …

- The NHS Standard Contract 2024/25 includes comprehensive provisions for commissioner monitoring of provider performance. The contract requires providers to submit regular quality and performance …
Commissioners
F20 Accepted in Part Mid Staffs Inquiry

Responsibility for regulating and monitoring compliance

The Care Quality Commission should be responsible for policing the fundamental standards, through the development of its core outcomes, by specifying the indicators by which it intends to monitor compliance …

- CQC is responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with the fundamental standards set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) …
CQC
F22 Accepted in Part Mid Staffs Inquiry

Responsibility for regulating and monitoring compliance

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence should be commissioned to formulate standard procedures and practice designed to provide the practical means of compliance, and indicators by which compliance …

- NICE publishes clinical guidelines, quality standards, and technology appraisals that provide evidence-based guidance on compliance with standards. NICE quality standards include specific, measurable statements …
F24 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Responsibility for regulating and monitoring compliance

Compliance with regulatory fundamental standards must be capable so far as possible of being assessed by measures which are understood and accepted by the public and healthcare professionals.

- CQC's five key questions — Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well-led — are designed to be understood by the public and professionals. CQC publishes …
CQC
F26 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Responsibility for regulating and monitoring compliance

In policing compliance with standards, direct observation of practice, direct interaction with patients, carers and staff, and audit of records should take priority over monitoring and audit of policies and …

- CQC's inspection model, introduced from October 2014 under the Chief Inspector of Hospitals, prioritises direct observation of care, interviews with patients and staff, and …
CQC
F39 Accepted in Part Mid Staffs Inquiry

Use of information about compliance by regulator from: Complaints

The Care Quality Commission should introduce a mandated return from providers about patterns of complaints, how they were dealt with and outcomes.

- Regulation 16(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 requires providers to supply CQC with complaint summaries within 28 …
CQC
F40 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Use of information about compliance by regulator from: Complaints

It is important that greater attention is paid to the narrative contained in, for instance, complaints data, as well as to the numbers.

- CQC's inspection model examines complaints handling qualitatively under the "Responsive" key question, including how providers learn from the content and themes of complaints, not …
CQC
F49 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Enhancement of monitoring and the importance of inspection

Routine and risk-related monitoring, as opposed to acceptance of self-declarations of compliance, is essential. The Care Quality Commission should consider its monitoring in relation to the value to be obtained …

- The government stated in Hard Truths (November 2013) that CQC would move to a system of routine monitoring and risk-based inspection, replacing reliance on …
CQC
F50 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Enhancement of monitoring and the importance of inspection

The Care Quality Commission should retain an emphasis on inspection as a central method of monitoring non-compliance.

- The government stated in Hard Truths (November 2013) that CQC would place far greater emphasis on inspection, with the appointment of Chief Inspectors of …
CQC