Recommendation R74: Review of UK IPC reports
From The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report, published 24 November 2014.
Recommendation
Scottish Government (whether through HPS, HIS, the HAI Task Force or otherwise) should as a matter of standard practice ensure that reports published in the United Kingdom and in other relevant jurisdictions on infection prevention and control and patient safety are reviewed as soon as possible, and that, as a minimum, any necessary interim guidance is issued within three months.
In brief (written by this site)
The Inquiry recommended reviewing outside infection control reports and issuing timely interim guidance. In June 2015, the Scottish Government stated that it accepted "in full all of the report's recommendations" (Scottish Government response, Jun 2015). Its response did not mention reviewing external reports or publishing interim guidance within three months (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 Scottish Government has been found in the sources searched (last checked 6 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Responsible bodies
Themes and tags
Who has spoken
- Scottish Government
Response