HIDD-38 Response Historic AI-assessed

Urgently use outside consultants to review safety management and communication issues

Recommendation

The Court endorses the use of outside consultants to review safety management issues within BR and recommends that the consultants proceed with their programme with the greatest urgency looking particularly at problems of communication up and down the organisation.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific government response or implementation reports for the "Hidden Inquiry" or its recommendations were found in the provided public sources. Consequently, there is no publicly available evidence detailing the use of outside consultants to review safety management issues within BR, or their progress, in response to this recommendation.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 18 Mar 2026
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External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Hidden Inquiry — Final Report 27 Sep 1989
Recommendation age 36.5 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates