Recommendation R80: NED for confidential staff reporting
From Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report, published 18 June 2026.
Recommendation
Consideration should be given to the creation of a role for a NED in each HSCT with the specific remit to receive confidential reports from members of staff. The individual should receive training via a programme focused on safeguarding and patient safety. It should be the duty of that NED to actively to seek out information and to ensure there are various routes by which staff at every level can report, anonymously if necessary, concerning behaviour or issues that could put patient safety at risk.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Health and Social Care Northern Ireland or Northern Ireland Executive has been found in the sources searched (last checked 22 June 2026). This is separate from the response above.