IHRD-80 Response Accepted AI-assessed

Healthcare Data Analysis

Recommendation

Trusts should ensure health care data is expertly analysed for patterns of poor performance and issues of patient safety.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
According to the DoH NI Implementation Programme (health-ni.gov.uk, 2024-01-31), the Department of Health Northern Ireland (DoH NI) established an Implementation Programme, which included efforts to enhance healthcare data analysis capabilities across Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts for identifying patterns of poor performance and patient safety issues. According to the DoH NI Implementation Programme (health-ni.gov.uk, 2024-01-31), this action was reported as "In Progress" as of January 2024.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.health-ni.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
Northern Ireland
Response
Accepted
Accepted HSC Trusts
01 Mar 2018

Healthcare data analysis capabilities enhanced across Trusts.

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Source
Report Report of the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-related Deaths 31 Jan 2018
Responsible Bodies
HSC Trusts Primary
Recommendation age 8.1 yrs
Last formal update 783 days ago