BRIS-149 Response Historic AI-assessed

Improve clinician confidence in Patient Administration Systems data through collaboration

Recommendation

Steps should be taken nationally and locally to build the confidence of clinicians in the data recorded in the Patient Administration Systems in trusts (which is subsequently aggregated nationally to form the Hospital Episode Statistics). Such steps should include the establishment by trusts of closer working arrangements between clincians and clinical coding staff.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific national or local steps, or initiatives to build clinician confidence in Patient Administration Systems data or to establish closer working arrangements between clinicians and clinical coding staff, have been identified in the provided official sources. General search results on GOV.UK do not offer specific details.
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