Publicly available evidence indicates the government published a response to the Bristol Heart Inquiry and has documents related to its recommendation implementation (gov.uk search results). The recommendation refers to a commitment in 'The NHS Plan' to introduce regular appraisal for hospital consultants, and the topic 'commitment ‘the nhs' shows extensive government content (gov.uk search results, 7,150 results). However, specific details on the implementation timeline or outcomes of this commitment are not provided in the available evidence, and the most recent specific evidence is not available.