BRIS-27 Response Historic AI-assessed

Provide patients with performance information for trusts, specialties, and consultant units

Recommendation

Patients should be referred to information relating to the performance of the trust, of the specialty and of the consultant unit (a consultant and the team of doctors who work under his or her supervision). (See further the Recommendations on care of an appropriate standard.)

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence detailing a system or policy for referring patients to information regarding the performance of the trust, specialty, and individual consultant unit has been identified in the provided official sources. The most recent evidence would be over 20 years old, given the likely age of the inquiry.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 18 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Bristol Heart Inquiry — Final Report 18 Jul 2001
Recommendation age 24.7 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates