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Learning

Recommendations related to learning

17 recommendations 100% accepted

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

recommendation across 7 inquiries

Across 7 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

17 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
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.

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
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
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
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 UK and in other relevant …

- 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.

- 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 …

- The NHS Constitution (revised 2023) includes a pledge that "the NHS will ensure you are treated with courtesy and you receive appropriate support throughout …
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 Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009 require NHS bodies to prepare an annual report on complaints handling, …
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 Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009, Regulations 16 and 18, require providers to notify CQC of deaths and other serious incidents (SI 2009/3112, …
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 …

- CQC developed "Intelligent Monitoring" reports from March 2014, which brought together over 150 indicators for acute NHS trusts to help identify where risks to …
CQC