Recommendation P2-25: Postgraduate training governance clarity
From Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report, published 15 July 2025.
Recommendation
Postgraduate training providers using donors should ensure clarity in their governance and information-sharing, in particular where the providers are linked to both university and NHS settings. This clarity should include formal agreements, where relevant, including management, governance and Human Tissue Authority licensing arrangements for the organisations involved.
In brief (written by this site)
The Department of Health and Social Care stated in a government dashboard update in June 2026 that this recommendation on postgraduate training governance remained "under consideration" (Department of Health and Social Care, Jun 2026). In June 2026, NHS England reported in a national system letter to health service trusts and integrated care boards that, where relevant to the NHS, these actions have been reflected in the NHS Premises Assurance Model (NHS England, Jun 2026).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
About this summary
This recommendation applies across many organisations. The record reflects central policy activity; adoption in individual organisations may vary.
Government response
For the remaining 21 recommendations, these remain under consideration.
How this response relates to the recommendation
Site note: This is the Department of Health and Social Care's interim update on government progress in responding to the phase 2 report, published on 16 December 2025. It sorts the 75 recommendations into those the government has accepted in full (11), accepted in principle (43) and is still considering (21), and gives words of its own only on the 11 accepted in full. Every word is the Department's, so the rows are filed under it, including where the passage reports what another body has done.
Site note: The recommendation is addressed to the Department itself. The update gives this sentence once, under its heading "Recommendations under consideration", and lists this recommendation there among the 21 it covers. It says nothing about this recommendation alone.
Delivery
Department of Health and Social Care states no delivery position (16 June 2026)
This recommendation is under consideration.
From: Fuller Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard
Site note: The source names this recommendation by number. The dashboard's own words are "This recommendation is under consideration." The site records that the entry states no delivery position; the department has not described the recommendation as "noted".
What other bodies have found
In their own words. These do not change the delivery statement above.
NHS England (26 June 2026)
Recommendations 24 and 25 (relevant to medical education settings)
The full text of these recommendations can be found in the Phase 2 Report (pp.267-268).
Supporting guidance
Where relevant to the NHS, these actions have been reflected in the NHS Premises Assurance Model (see entry 1 in Annex 1).
Site note: NHS England's national system letter to NHS trusts and integrated care boards of 26 June 2026 (PRN02500). Its Annex 2 maps the NHS-relevant Fuller recommendations to named supporting guidance by number. The letter instructs trusts and records what NHS England has changed; it does not report that any recommendation is delivered. Neither the Board Assurance Statement returns it asks trusts for by 31 July 2026 nor the Premises Assurance Model submissions that closed on 8 September 2026 are published. Where the row carries an Annex 2 entry, it is the whole entry: the recommendations it covers, where their text is, and the guidance NHS England maps them to. An entry that only names guidance states no delivery position, and the site marks it noted.
Site note: The source names this recommendation by number. The source gives this passage once, for several recommendations. The same words are recorded on recommendations 24 to 25.
Responsible bodies
Themes and tags
Who has spoken
- Department of Health and Social Care
Response, delivery statement - NHS England
Finding