Deceased
Recommendations related to deceased
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recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
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Local authorities examine contractual arrangements
Kent County Council and East Sussex County Council should examine their contractual arrangements with Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust to ensure that they are effective in protecting the safety …
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.
No deceased left out of fridges overnight
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must assure itself that all regulatory requirements and standards relating to the mortuary are met and that the practice of leaving deceased people out …
Recommendations apply to temporary facilities
Trust boards should ensure that these recommendations and governance arrangements are applied to any temporary facilities used by trusts for the storage and care of deceased people.
Deceased included in safeguarding training and policy
NHS trust boards should ensure that the security and dignity of deceased people are included in safeguarding training, policies and assurance.
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.
NHS England incorporate deceased in safeguarding framework
NHS England should formally incorporate the safeguarding of deceased people into its safeguarding framework for NHS trusts.
Independent sector SOPs for deceased patients
Independent sector healthcare providers should ensure that there are Standard Operating Procedures and policies in place to protect the security and dignity of any patients that die under their care. …
Independent sector accompanied access to deceased
Independent sector healthcare providers should ensure that only people who have a legitimate reason to access a room that contains a deceased patient do so, even if they are staff …
Hospice security and access controls
Hospices that care for deceased people on their premises should: introduce auditable access control of the area where deceased people are kept; have Standard Operating Procedures regarding the care of …
CQC guidance on hospice inspection scope
To avoid confusion over its remit, the Care Quality Commission should issue clear guidance to inspectors (and others) that hospice inspections should not include areas where deceased people are kept, …
Hospices in scope for new regulatory regime
Hospices should be considered in scope for the regulatory measures recommended in Chapter 11.
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.
Ambulance policy on crew position with deceased
Every NHS ambulance service should have a policy setting out where ambulance crew members should sit when conveying deceased patients. This should include reference to the risk of abuse of …
Ambulance policies on deceased security and dignity
NHS ambulance services should also have policies regarding the security and dignity of the deceased, including when the deceased should be covered and/or secured. NHS England should monitor that such …
Ambulance photography policies
Every NHS ambulance service must put policies in place regarding taking photographs of deceased patients, including any circumstances in which this may be required, and ensure that ambulance staff are …
Recommendations apply to independent ambulances
The Inquiry has focused its investigations into ambulance services on NHS ambulance services. However, the Inquiry considers that these recommendations could also be applied to independent ambulance services, including private …
Care homes in scope for new regulatory regime
The regulatory measures recommended in Chapter 11 should apply to care homes in England. Regulation should cover both systems and professionals where staff are providing care to deceased people in …
Regulations consider whole deceased journey
These regulations and standards should be considered within the overall care and journey of the deceased rather than applying in isolation to funeral directors.
Faith organisations share guidance on deceased care
All faith organisations should consider how to support their members to deliver high standards of care for the deceased, with a focus on the security and dignity of the deceased …
Religious building security for deceased
Where deceased people are in a religious building overnight, measures should be taken to ensure that the building is secure, including, for example, CCTV and secure access control for the …
Formalise multi-organisation arrangements
Where organisations work together to care for people after death, the arrangements should be formalised through contracts or service level agreements. This should include joint Standard Operating Procedures. The parties …
New Chief Inspector regulatory regime for deceased
The UK government should establish an independent statutory regulatory regime, headed by a Chief Inspector, for those who store and care for deceased people. The purpose of the regulatory regime …