Recommendation R10: CDI patient information
From The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report, published 24 November 2014.
Recommendation
Health Boards should ensure that patients diagnosed with CDI are given information by medical and nursing staff about their condition and prognosis. Patients should be told when there is a suspicion they have CDI, and when there is a definitive diagnosis. Where appropriate, relatives should also be involved.
In brief (written by this site)
The Inquiry asked health boards to provide patients and relatives with Clostridium difficile information. In June 2015, the Scottish Government stated that it accepted all of the report's recommendations in full (Scottish Government response, Jun 2015). Its response did not mention discussing condition prognosis, notifying patients of suspected or definitive diagnoses, or involving relatives (Scottish Government response, Jun 2015).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 1 Oct 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
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
Themes and tags
Who has spoken
- Scottish Government
Response