Recommendation 5: Consider urgent professional counselling
From The Royal Liverpool Children’s Inquiry — Full Report (HC 12-II), published 30 January 2001.
Recommendation
In devising a Serious Incident Procedure the Chief Executive and Trust Board shall consider the need for urgent professional counselling: – A proportion of individuals within any group is always likely to require psychological support in the aftermath of disaster. – An individual within the serious incident team shall be nominated to take responsibility for the arrangements and the identification of all those in need. – Suitably trained practitioners shall provide the counselling.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.