Public Inquiry Recommendations
Showing 9 of 1,955 recommendations from Paterson Inquiry
What these recommendations are about — Paterson Inquiry
Key themes in this inquiry:
Patient safety governance ·
No person-centred care ·
Duty of Candour implementation ·
Healthcare indemnity regulation ·
Fragmented NHS record access and information sharing
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Report published 2020 — 17 recommendations across this inquiry.
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Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
(2020)
Patient-focused correspondence
We recommend that it should be standard practice that consultants in both the NHS and the independent sector should write to patients, outlining their condition and treatment, in simple language, …
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Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
(2020)
Explaining independent sector differences
We recommend that the differences between how the care of patients in the independent sector is organised and the care of patients in the NHS is organised, is explained clearly …
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Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
(2020)
CQC assurance on MDT meetings
We recommend that CQC, as a matter of urgency, should assure itself that all hospital providers are complying effectively with up-to-date national guidance on MDT meetings, including in breast cancer …
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Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
(2020)
Communicating complaint escalation
We recommend that information about the means to escalate a complaint to an independent body is communicated more effectively in both the NHS and independent sector.
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Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
(2020)
UHB patient recall
We recommend that the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust board should check that all patients of Paterson have been recalled, and to communicate with any who have not been …
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Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
(2020)
Spire patient recall
We recommend that Spire should check that all patients of Paterson have been recalled, and to communicate with any who have not been seen, and that they should check that …
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Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
(2020)
National patient recall framework
We recommend that a national framework or protocol, with guidance, is developed about how recall of patients should be managed and communicated. This framework or protocol should specify that the …
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Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
(2020)
Regulatory system patient safety priority
We recommend that the government should ensure that the current system of regulation and the collaboration of the regulators serves patient safety as the top priority, given the ineffectiveness of …
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Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
(2020)
Board apologies
We recommend that when things go wrong, boards should apologise at the earliest stage of investigation and not hold back from doing so for fear of the consequences in relation …