New Office to co-ordinate national audits and provide early performance surveillance

BRIS-147 Response Historic AI-assessed

New Office to co-ordinate national audits and provide early performance surveillance

Recommendation

The Office for Information on Healthcare Performance should supplant the current fragmentation of approach through a programme of activities involving the co-ordination of the various national audits. In addition to its other responsibilities, the new system should provide a mechanism for surveillance whereby patterns of performance in the NHS which may warrant further scrutiny can be identified as early as possible.

Published Evidence Summary

The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:

No specific published evidence directly linking to the implementation of this recommendation for the Bristol Heart Inquiry has been identified. General searches on gov.uk indicate content related to 'new office co-ordinate', but no specific Office for Information on Healthcare Performance coordinating national audits or providing early performance surveillance, as recommended, is detailed in the provided evidence. The most recent evidence found is general search results from gov.uk, which do not provide specific implementation details.

How was this assessed?

Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 24 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

Jurisdiction

UK-wide