Provide financial resources to support public involvement, covering costs like childcare

BRIS-164 Response Historic AI-assessed

Provide financial resources to support public involvement, covering costs like childcare

Recommendation

Financial resources must be made available to enable members of the public to become involved in NHS organisations: this should include provision for payments to cover, for example, the costs of childcare, or loss of earnings.

Published Evidence Summary

The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:

No specific published evidence detailing actions taken to implement this recommendation, or confirming its acceptance or rejection, has been identified in the provided official sources. General searches on GOV.UK for 'Bristol Heart Inquiry government response' and 'recommendation implementation' yielded many results but no specific documents relevant to this recommendation's call for financial resources to support public involvement in NHS organisations.

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

Jurisdiction

UK-wide