Public Inquiry Recommendations
Showing 11 of 1,955 recommendations from Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
What these recommendations are about — Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
Key themes in this inquiry:
Major project lessons learned ·
Public project assurance methodology ·
Project Cost Escalation from Delays ·
Major Project Scope Uncertainty ·
No open learning culture
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Report published 2025 — 11 recommendations across this inquiry.
SHI-1
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Communication strategy for patients and families
Health boards must ensure that in the event of any adverse situation that could affect the wellbeing of patients and their families, there is a communication strategy in place to …
SHI-2
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Risk assessment on funding model changes
Accordingly, in situations where the funding model or procurement route changes mid project, a risk assessment should be conducted to assess whether work done on the project up to that …
SHI-3
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Clarity in brief for healthcare facility construction
It is critical that a health board formulates and then presents its requirements for the key building systems in a proposed healthcare facility (its "brief") in terms which are full, …
SHI-4
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Standard form for derogations from guidance
The evidence before the Inquiry from the public sector (including NHSL), and industry, indicated that a standard form of derogation for use throughout the NHS in Scotland would be beneficial. …
SHI-5
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Streamlining NHS construction quality procedures
A range of procedures now exists to help ensure health board projects meet appropriate standards. One is the NHS Scotland Design Assessment Process ("NDAP"). There is also a Sustainable Design …
SHI-6
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Information on common construction errors
NHS Assure should consider, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, whether and how to provide health boards with more detailed information about common errors and issues experienced by other health boards …
SHI-7
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Independent validation of hospital construction
It is clearly desirable that a health board has the assurance prior to the handover of a new or refurbished healthcare facility that the facility's specialised ventilation systems have been …
SHI-8
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
IPC role specifications and staffing levels
I accordingly recommend that priority be given to protecting scarce IPC resources. With that objective in view, what is expected of consideration and advice from individual disciplines at various stages …
SHI-9
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Documentation of technical adviser advice
I accordingly recommend that a similar procedure should be considered when technical advisers (particularly engineers) are providing specific technical advice in relation to a project such as the RHCYP and …
SHI-10
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Uniform policy for obtaining technical advice
This issue was highlighted in the Grant Thornton report where similar recommendations are made to what is set out above. NHSL has taken steps to address the issue. However, it …
SHI-11
Accepted
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
(2025)
Training for IPC professionals engineers and clinicians
I would recommend that IPC professionals should receive some basic training on the recommendations made by the NHS's own guidance for engineering systems, insofar as they are made in the …