Reports & recommendations
55 recommendations from 5 reports, each with the government response on the record. Filter by government response, report, nation or delivery status.
Reports (15)
| Title | Volume | Publication Date | Recommendations | Links |
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| Module 1: Resilience and Preparedness | 1 | 18 Jul 2024 | 10 | |
| Module 2: Core Decision-Making | 2 | 20 Nov 2025 | 19 | |
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Module 3: Impact on Healthcare Systems
Original edition: Version 1 — NO-COMMENTS original
Report page first published 19 March 2026.
Version 1.1 — current corrected edition (Corrslip-2)
Correction slip dated 13 May 2026; page metadata modified 14 May 2026. The page modification is not a formal republication date.
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3 | 19 Mar 2026 | 10 | |
| Module 4: Vaccines and Therapeutics | 4 | 16 Apr 2026 | 5 | |
| Module 5: Procurement | 5 | 14 Jul 2026 | 11 | |
| Every Story Matters: Economic Response | Listening Exercise | 24 Nov 2025 | 0 | |
| Every Story Matters: Impact on Society - Key Workers | Listening Exercise | 16 Feb 2026 | 0 | |
| Every Story Matters: Test, Trace and Isolate | Listening Exercise | 12 May 2025 | 0 | |
| Every Story Matters: Impact on Society - Bereavement | Listening Exercise | 03 Mar 2026 | 0 | |
| Every Story Matters: Final Record | Listening Exercise | 05 Mar 2026 | 0 | |
| Every Story Matters: Impact on Society - Mental Health and Wellbeing | Listening Exercise | 16 Feb 2026 | 0 | |
| Every Story Matters: Adult Social Care Sector | Listening Exercise | 30 Jun 2025 | 0 | |
| Every Story Matters: Children and Young People | Listening Exercise | 29 Sep 2025 | 0 | |
| Every Story Matters: Healthcare | Listening Exercise | 09 Sep 2024 | 0 | |
| Every Story Matters: Vaccines and Therapeutics | Listening Exercise | 14 Jan 2025 | 0 |
Recommendations (2)
NI CMO Independence
The Department of Health (Northern Ireland) should reconstitute the role of the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland as an independent advisory role. The Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland should not have managerial responsibilities within the Department of Health (Northern Ireland).
In March 2026, the Northern Ireland Executive accepted the recommendation, stating that following departmental restructuring the Chief Medical Officer no longer held managerial responsibility for departmental directorates, though further options to safeguard the role's independent advisory status were being developed before establishing an implementation timeframe (Northern Ireland Executive response, Mar 2026). The record holds no update since the Northern Ireland Executive's response of March 2026 (Northern Ireland Executive response, Mar 2026).
NI Executive Confidentiality Duty
The Executive Office should amend the Ministerial Code to impose a duty of confidentiality on ministers that prohibits the disclosure of the individual views of ministers expressed during meetings of the Northern Ireland Executive Committee.
The Northern Ireland Executive stated in March 2026 that the recommendation remained under consideration, noting that The Executive Office would consider proposals to amend the Ministerial Code, though any change would require agreement by the Executive Committee and Assembly (Northern Ireland Executive response, Mar 2026). The UK Government (Cabinet Office) stated in March 2026 that the recommendation was not for it to respond to (Cabinet Office response, Mar 2026). The record holds no update since the Northern Ireland Executive's response of March 2026 (Northern Ireland Executive response, Mar 2026).