Tag

Learning

Recommendations related to learning

18 recommendations 94% accepted

Tag overview

Government Response
Accepted (15)
Accepted in Part (2)
Awaiting Response (1)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 8 inquiries

Across 8 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

18 total
SHI-6 Accepted Scottish Hospitals Inquiry

Information on common construction errors

It is important that common project errors are not repeated. One helpful step is to ensure health boards undertaking projects have information about such common errors, and that this information …

- On 13 March 2025, Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray MSP accepted this recommendation (Scottish Government Parliamentary Statement, 13 March 2025). - On 17 September 2025, …
NHS Scotland Assure
AFA-5 Response Pending Urology Services Inquiry

Serious Adverse Incidents

We recommend that: • The new SAI framework is fully implemented by the Department. There should be regional support for those leading the improvement in the serious incident processes in …

No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Department of Health NI
P2-34 Accepted Grenfell Tower Inquiry

London Fire Brigade to establish lessons learned process

That the London Fire Brigade establish effective standing arrangements for collecting, considering and effectively implementing lessons learned from previous incidents, inquests and investigations. Those arrangements should be as simple as …

- LFB accepted all Phase 2 recommendations directed to it in February 2025 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report, MHCLG, February 2025). …
London Fire Brigade
RHI-36 Accepted RHI Inquiry

Learning from Failures

The Northern Ireland Civil Service should develop a better process to learn from past failures, one that goes beyond the traditional method of revising and circulating internal guidance. Leaders within …

- In October 2021, the NI Executive accepted this recommendation in full (NI Executive Response to RHI Inquiry, Department of Finance, October 2021). - The …
Northern Ireland Executi…
IHRD-40 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

SAI Learning Informing Clinical Audit

Learning and trends identified in SAI investigations should inform programmes of clinical audit.

- The Department of Health NI reported that SAI investigation reports are now shared with families in a timely manner (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of …
HSC Trusts
IHRD-66 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

Time for SAI Learning

Clinicians should be afforded time to consider and assimilate learning feedback from SAI investigations and within contracted hours.

- HSC Trusts reported that training on governance and accountability responsibilities for senior managers had been implemented (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March …
HSC Trusts
IHRD-68 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

Using Investigations for Training

Information from clinical incident investigations, complaints, performance appraisal, inquests and litigation should be specifically assessed for potential use in training and retraining.

- HSC Trusts reported that multidisciplinary team training for paediatric care had been strengthened (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - No …
HSC Trusts
IHRD-82 Accepted Hyponatraemia Inquiry

Policy on Learning from SAI Deaths

Each Trust should publish policy detailing how it will respond to and learn from SAI related patient deaths.

- HSC Trusts reported that whistleblowing and raising concerns policies had been reviewed and updated (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - …
HSC Trusts
10 Accepted Morecambe Bay Investigation

Establish partner Trust buddying arrangement

The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust should seek to forge links with a partner Trust, so that both can benefit from opportunities for learning, mentoring, secondment, staff …

- In July 2015, the government stated that the Trust was establishing partnerships with other trusts for learning and mentoring (Learning Not Blaming, Cm 9113, …
University Hospitals of …
12 Accepted Morecambe Bay Investigation

Review incident investigation structures

The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust should review the structures, processes and staff involved in investigating incidents, carrying out root cause analyses, reporting results and disseminating learning …

- In July 2015, the government stated that the Trust had "begun to review how investigations into incidents are carried out" (Learning Not Blaming, Cm …
University Hospitals of …
25 Accepted Morecambe Bay Investigation

Duty to report external investigation findings

We recommend that a duty should be placed on all NHS Boards to report openly the findings of any external investigation into clinical services, governance or other aspects of the …

- In July 2015, the government stated: "We accept these recommendations" (covering recs 25 and 42) and described existing reporting requirements and plans to extend …
Department of Health and…
42 Accepted Morecambe Bay Investigation

Register external reviews with CQC

We further recommend that all external reviews of suspected service failures be registered with the Care Quality Commission and Monitor, and that the Care Quality Commission develops a system to …

- In July 2015, the government stated: "We accept these recommendations" (covering recs 25 and 42) and stated it would "consult on proposals to extend …
CQC
R74 Accepted Vale of Leven Inquiry

Review of UK IPC reports

Scottish Government (whether through HPS, HIS, the HAI Task Force or otherwise) should as a matter of standard practice ensure that reports published in the United Kingdom and in other …

- 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
R75 Accepted Vale of Leven Inquiry

Health Board review of IPC reports

Health Boards should review such reports to determine what lessons can be learned and what reviews, audits or other measures (interim or otherwise) should be put in place in the …

- The Scottish Government published its response to the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report on 18 June 2015, accepting all 75 recommendations and establishing …
NHS Health Boards (Scotl…
F111 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Lowering barriers

Provider organisations must constantly promote to the public their desire to receive and learn from comments and complaints; constant encouragement should be given to patients and other service users, individually …

- NHS England maintains the Friends and Family Test (FFT) as a continuous feedback tool for patients to rate their experience of NHS services (Friends …
Healthcare providers
F118 Accepted in Part Mid Staffs Inquiry

Learning and information from complaints

Subject to anonymisation, a summary of each upheld complaint relating to patient care, in terms agreed with the complainant, and the trust's response should be published on its website. In …

- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that it had not taken forward the recommendation to publish summaries of every …
Healthcare providers
F44 Accepted in Part Mid Staffs Inquiry

Use of information about compliance by regulator from: Media

Any example of a serious incident or avoidable harm should trigger an examination by the Care Quality Commission of how that was addressed by the provider and a requirement for …

- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that the function of examining individual serious incidents has largely transferred to the …
CQC
F57 Accepted Mid Staffs Inquiry

Care Quality Commission independence strategy and culture

The Care Quality Commission should undertake a formal evaluation of how it would detect and take action on the warning signs and other events giving cause for concern at the …

- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that an evaluation of the Care Quality Commission's approach was conducted by Manchester …
CQC