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 …
- An implementation status cannot yet be assessed. No government response or recommendation-specific delivery evidence was located by 23 July 2026, so the absence of …
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 …
- The Department of Health NI stated in March 2018 that this was under consideration (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - …
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 Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) stated in April 2025 that it introduced a team of Case Examiners in March 2015 to decide whether …
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 Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England stated in April 2025 that the Care Quality Commission's regulatory approach has evolved from …
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 …
- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that a new Single Assessment Framework was rolled out by the Care Quality …
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 accept the recommendation to merge system regulatory functions between Monitor and the Care Quality Commission (Hard Truths: the journey to …
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