Reform
Recommendations related to reform
12
Recommendations
75% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (4)Accepted in Part (5)Not Accepted (2)Awaiting Response (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 6 inquiries
Across 6 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
12 total
COVID-M4.5
No Response
COVID-19 Inquiry
Reform Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
The UK government must reform the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme as soon as possible. The reform should include as a minimum: increasing the £120,000 payment, at least in line with …
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Department for Work and …
IBI-11a
Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Ministerial Power to Call Inquiries
That a minister should retain the power to call an inquiry as the minister sees fit, in accordance with the Inquiries Act 2005 – but where a minister does not …
- The Government stated in December 2024 that it accepted the principles behind this recommendation and noted the broader debate about the effectiveness and reform …
UK Government
IBI-11b
Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Parliamentary Referral to PACAC
If there is sufficient support from within Parliament for there to be an inquiry, the question whether there should be one should be referred to the Public Administration and Constitutional …
- The Government stated in December 2024 that it accepted the principles behind this recommendation, and noted that the question of whether PACAC should consider …
UK Government
IBI-11c
Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
PACAC Recommendation Power
If it appears to PACAC that there is sufficient concern to justify a public inquiry, either because what happened and why has caused concern (as the committee sees it) or …
- The Government stated in December 2024 that it accepted the principles behind this recommendation regarding PACAC's potential role in recommending public inquiries (Government Response …
UK Government
IBI-11d
Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Ministerial Reasons for Disagreement
If the minister disagrees with the recommendation, they must set out in detail and publish reasons for this disagreement which are sufficient to satisfy PACAC that the matter has been …
- The Government stated in December 2024 that it accepted the principles behind this recommendation regarding the requirement for ministers to publish detailed reasons for …
UK Government
IHRD-94
Accepted in Part
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Clinical Negligence Litigation Reform
The interests of patient safety must prevail over the interests engaged in clinical negligence litigation. Such litigation can become an obstacle to openness. A government committee should examine whether clinical …
Government response: Accepted in Part. Implementation status based on Department of Health NI Implementation Programme updates.. No independent verification has been carried out.
Northern Ireland Executi…
32
Accepted
Morecambe Bay Investigation
Reform Local Supervising Authority for midwives
The Local Supervising Authority system for midwives was ineffectual at detecting manifest problems at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, not only in individual failures of care …
- In July 2015, the government stated: "We accept this recommendation. We will therefore modernise the regulatory regime for midwifery" (Learning Not Blaming, Cm 9113, …
Department of Health and…
F228
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Administrative reform
It is of concern that the administration of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which has not been examined by this Inquiry, is still found by other reviews to be wanting. …
- The government's response in "Hard Truths" (Cm 8777, November 2013) accepted this recommendation as urgent (Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, DHSC, …
NMC
F53
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Care Quality Commission independence strategy and culture
Any change to the Care Quality Commission's role should be by evolution – any temptation to abolish this organisation and create a new one must be avoided.
- The government stated in Hard Truths (November 2013) that it would retain CQC and reform it rather than replace it, consistent with this recommendation …
Department of Health and…
F55
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Care Quality Commission independence strategy and culture
The Care Quality Commission should review its processes as a whole to ensure that it is capable of delivering regulatory oversight and enforcement effectively, in accordance with the principles outlined …
- CQC undertook a comprehensive review of its processes following the Francis Report. The new inspection regime launched from October 2014 replaced the previous compliance-based …
CQC
F61
Not Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Consolidation of regulatory functions
A merger of system regulatory functions between Monitor and the Care Quality Commission should be undertaken incrementally and after thorough planning. Such a move should not be used as a …
- The government did not merge the system regulatory functions of Monitor and CQC as Francis recommended. Instead, it maintained CQC as an independent quality …
Department of Health and…
L57
Not Accepted
Leveson Inquiry
Reconstitute ICO as Commission
The opportunity should be taken to consider amending the Data Protection Act 1998 formally to reconstitute the Information Commissioner's Office as an Information Commission, led by a Board of Commissioners …
- The Information Commissioner's Office was not formally reconstituted as an "Information Commission" led by a Board of Commissioners under the Data Protection Act 2018 …
UK Government