Recommendation R8: Reorganisation management structure
From The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report, published 24 November 2014.
Recommendation
In any major structural reorganisation in the NHS in Scotland the Board or Boards responsible should ensure that an effective and stable management structure is in place for the success of the project and the maintenance of patient safety throughout the process.
In brief (written by this site)
The Inquiry asked Scottish health boards to maintain stable management structures during major reorganisations. In June 2015, the Scottish Government accepted responsibility for the failings identified in the inquiry report, apologised unreservedly for the suffering and loss caused, and stated that it accepted "in full all of the report's recommendations" (Scottish Government response, Jun 2015).
Sources
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Government response
The Scottish Government accepts its responsibility for the failings identified in the report and we apologise unreservedly for the suffering and loss caused. We accept in full all of the report's recommendations.
Blanket government agreement does not establish acceptance or delivery by each addressee. Some response passages cover groups of recommendations.
Scope of the government response
The Scottish Government accepted all 75 recommendations together, in its response published on 18 June 2015. The response states the acceptance in the Cabinet Secretary's foreword, in section 1.3 and in section 5.1, and repeats it for the recommendations on infection prevention and control (Chapter 3) and on nursing care (section 4.1). It is organised by theme, not by recommendation: Appendix 1 lists the chapter sections that relate to each recommendation, and no passage answers any one recommendation alone. The response shown is the acceptance in section 1.3, which covers all 75.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from NHS Health Boards (Scotland) has been found in the sources searched (last checked 6 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
The tracker describes this as a long-term recommendation: systemic or cultural, with no single completion point.
Responsible bodies
Who has spoken
- Scottish Government
Response