Professional Standards
Recommendations related to professional standards
3
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (3)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 2 inquiries
Across 2 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
3 total
IHRD-74
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Professional Codes in Employment Contracts
Likewise, professional codes governing nurses and other healthcare professionals should be incorporated into contracts of employment.
- HSC Trusts reported that patient safety dashboards had been developed for Board-level reporting (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - No …
HSC Trusts
IHRD-75
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Independent Disciplinary Action
Notwithstanding referral to the GMC, or other professional body Trusts should treat breaches of professional codes and/or poor performance as disciplinary matters and deal with them independently of professional bodies.
- HSC Trusts reported that complaint response times and quality had been improved (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - No independent …
HSC Trusts
41
Accepted
Morecambe Bay Investigation
Guidance for external service reviews
We were concerned by the ad hoc nature and variable quality of the numerous external reviews of services that were carried out at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS …
- In July 2015, the government stated: "We accept this recommendation" and noted that the Serious Incident Framework (March 2015) set out details of when …
Academy of Medical Royal…