GP
3
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (2)Accepted in Part (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 3 inquiries
Across 3 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
3 total
20
Accepted in Part
Brook House Inquiry
Update guidance on fit to fly and fit for detention medical assessments
The Home Office must review and update Detention Services Order 01/2016: The Protection, Use and Sharing of Medical Information Relating to People Detained Under Immigration Powers, to ensure that guidance …
- In March 2024, the Home Office accepted this recommendation in principle but stated that fit to fly assessments are a "medico-legal practice" outside the …
Home Office
2
Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
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, …
- In December 2021, the government accepted this recommendation, noting that the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges had updated its 2018 guidance 'Please write to …
Department of Health and…
IHRD-43
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
GP Notification of Death Circumstances
A deceased's family GP should be notified promptly as to the circumstances of death to enable support to be offered in bereavement.
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implementation status based on Department of Health NI Implementation Programme updates..
HSC Trusts