Recommendation BRIS-74: Council to prioritise promoting common curricula and shared learning across professions
From Bristol Heart Inquiry — Final Report, published 18 July 2001.
Recommendation
It should be a priority for the Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals to promote common curricula and shared learning across the professions.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
DHSC and NHS England state no delivery position (27 February 2026)
Please see Recommendation 46, 69/70 (Professional standards); 71 (Professional Standards Authority).
Site note: DHSC and NHS England's own account of progress, supplied to the Thirlwall Inquiry in September 2024 and printed in the Inquiry legal team's Review of Implementation of Recommendations from Previous Inquiries into Healthcare Issues (version dated April 2025, published 27 February 2026). It is not a finding of the Inquiry. Their reviewed extent of implementation reads “Superseded”. Table row: section 6.2 No. 74, PDF page 105.
What other bodies have found
In their own words. These do not change the delivery statement above.
Thirlwall Inquiry legal team (15 May 2024)
The Government agreed in part with this recommendation.
In its January 2002 response, the Department of Health said it recognised that regulatory bodies had expertise and specialisation in the field of education, training and development, and that the new Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals should be able to ensure that a single overarching view was taken of the same. However, the Department said it did not agree that the new Council should be given powers to determine standards for education and admission to practice.
Site note: The Thirlwall Inquiry legal team's own notes on implementation, from its Review of Implementation of Recommendations from Previous Inquiries into Healthcare Issues (version of 15 May 2024). The review does not colour its Extent of Implementation cell for this recommendation green; it leaves the cell uncoloured where a recommendation was rejected, where evidence of implementation was insufficient, or where steps had been taken but implementation was not yet complete. Table row: section 6.2 No. 74, PDF page 96.
Themes and tags
Who has spoken
- DHSC and NHS England
Delivery statement - Thirlwall Inquiry legal team
Finding