Guidance
Recommendations related to guidance
40
Recommendations
72% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (22)Accepted in part (7)Under consideration (5)Noted (2)No response yet (4)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 15 inquiries
Across 15 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
40 total
POH-10
Accepted
Post Office Horizon Inquiry
Clarify best offer principle in HSSA guidance with examples
The Department shall issue a supplementary document/announcement clarifying the meaning and intent of the "best offer" principle in the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeal (''HSSA'') process demonstrating how it is intended …
Department for Business …
COVID-M2.17
Accepted in part
COVID-19 Inquiry
Public Emergency Information Portal
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should develop an online portal for use in future civil emergencies, where members of the public can access information …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M6.4
No response yet
COVID-19 Inquiry
Care Home Visiting Restrictions Guidance
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should publish guidance for the implementation of visiting restrictions in care homes in a future pandemic. The guidance should …
Department of Health and…
R39
No response yet
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry
Guidance on recording and presenting concerns
People with learning disabilities and autistic people and their families should be provided with a short description of how best to record and present concerns so as to be effective.
Health and Social Care N…
Northern Ireland Executi…
P2-67
Under consideration
Fuller Inquiry
Faith organisations share guidance on deceased care
All faith organisations should consider how to support their members to deliver high standards of care for the deceased, with a focus on the security and dignity of the deceased …
Department of Health and…
P2-70
Under consideration
Fuller Inquiry
Chief Coroner review practice consistency
The Chief Coroner should review the difference in practice between coronial areas as soon as possible to ensure that: All coroners are informed of the findings of this Inquiry. All …
Ministry of Justice
P2-72
Under consideration
Fuller Inquiry
Interim Commissioner for Dignity of Deceased
In the interim, the government should immediately appoint a Commissioner for the Dignity of the Deceased who should immediately issue universal guidance that applies to all those who store and …
Department of Health and…
P2-44
Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Consolidate and update emergency preparedness guidance
The current guidance on preparing for emergencies is contained in several documents, all of which are unduly long and in some respects out of date. We recommend that the guidance …
UK Government
P2-58
Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Reconsider LGA Guide paragraph 79.11 advice
We also recommend that the advice contained in paragraph 79.11 of the LGA Guide be reconsidered. (113.83)
UK Government
P2-6
Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Add legal requirements warning to statutory guidance
We therefore recommend that a revised version of the guidance contain a clear warning in each section that the legal requirements are contained in the Building Regulations and that compliance …
UK Government
ANG-2
Accepted
Angiolini Inquiry
Improve guidance and training on indecent exposure
By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs' Council, should improve guidance and training on indecent exposure, in order to improve the quality of …
College of Policing
ETI-1
Under consideration
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
Public Inquiry Efficiency
Scottish Ministers should undertake a review of public inquiries to determine the most cost-effective method of avoiding delay in the establishment of an inquiry, including consideration of establishing a dedicated …
Scottish Government
ETI-3
Under consideration
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
Staffing Guidance
The guidance mentioned in the first recommendation should include: advice concerning the circumstances in which civil servants in the inquiry team may properly transfer to posts, other than promoted posts, …
Scottish Government
ETI-8
Noted
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
Update Optimism Bias Guidance
The existing Guidance on optimism bias was based on empirical data available almost two decades ago and should be revised to take into account the additional data that is now …
Scottish Government
98
Noted
IICSA
Increase use of criminal compensation orders
The Ministry of Justice should consult with the Sentencing Council, the Judicial College, the Crown Prosecution Service and other relevant bodies, in order to increase the use of CCOs, where …
Ministry of Justice
36
Accepted
IICSA
Guidance on DBS for overseas work
The Home Office should ensure explanatory guidance is issued, providing clarity to recruiting organisations and individuals concerning the use of the Disclosure and Barring Service scheme for work and volunteering …
Home Office
10
Accepted
IICSA
Publish enhanced Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit
As referenced in its Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy, the government should publish an enhanced version of its Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit as soon as possible. This Toolkit must: specify …
UK Government
56
Accepted in part
IICSA
Update CSE guidance with network information
The Department for Education should review and publish an updated version of its guidance on child sexual exploitation. The update should specify that the core element of the definition of …
Department for Education
57
Accepted in part
IICSA
Distinguish CSE risk from actual exploitation
The Department for Education and the Welsh Government must ensure that their updated national guidance makes clear that signs that a child is being sexually exploited must never be treated …
Department for Education
28
No response yet
IICSA
Revise Prison Service safeguarding guidance
The Chair and Panel note that Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 08/2012, which sets out the mandatory actions for YOIs and STCs for 'maintaining a safe and secure environment', has expired. …
Ministry of Justice
59
No response yet
IICSA
National LADO standards
The Department for Education and the Welsh Government should: introduce a set of national standards for local authority designated officers in England and Wales to promote consistency; and clarify in …
Department for Education
9
Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
National patient recall framework
We recommend that a national framework or protocol, with guidance, is developed about how recall of patients should be managed and communicated. This framework or protocol should specify that the …
NHS England
IHRD-3
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Guidance on Statutory Duty of Candour
Unequivocal guidance should be issued by the Department to all Trusts and their legal advisors detailing what is expected of Trusts in order to meet the statutory duty.
Northern Ireland Executi…
Department of Health NI
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 …
Academy of Medical Royal…
R49
Accepted
Vale of Leven Inquiry
National ICM role guidance
Scottish Government should re-issue national guidance on the role of the Infection Control Manager, stipulating that the Infection Control Manager must be responsible for the management of the infection prevention …
Scottish Government
F149
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Expert assistance
Scrutiny committees should be provided with appropriate support to enable them to carry out their scrutiny role, including easily accessible guidance and benchmarks.
F180
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Candour about incidents
Guidance and policies should be reviewed to ensure that they will lead to compliance with Being Open, the guidance published by the National Patient Safety Agency.
Healthcare providers
F22
Accepted in part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Responsibility for regulating and monitoring compliance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence should be commissioned to formulate standard procedures and practice designed to provide the practical means of compliance, and indicators by which compliance …
F274
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Information to coroners
There is an urgent need for unequivocal guidance to be given to trusts and their legal advisers and those handling disclosure of information to coroners, patients and families, as to …
Department of Health and…
F277
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Death certification
National guidance should set out standard methodologies for approaching the certification of the cause of death to ensure, so far as possible, that similar approaches are universal.
Department of Health and…
F283
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Information for and from inquests
Guidance should be developed for coroners' offices about whom to approach in gathering information about whether to hold an inquest into the death of a patient. This should include contact …
F284
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Appointment of assistant deputy coroners
The Lord Chancellor should issue guidance as to the criteria to be adopted in the appointment of assistant deputy coroners.
F285
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Appointment of assistant deputy coroners
The Chief Coroner should issue guidance on how to avoid the appearance of bias when assistant deputy coroners are associated with a party in a case.
F83
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Accountability of providers' directors
If a "fit and proper person test" is introduced as recommended, Monitor should issue guidance on the principles on which it would exercise its power to require the removal or …
Monitor
F85
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Accountability of providers' directors
Monitor and the Care Quality Commission should produce guidance to NHS and foundation trusts on procedures to be followed in the event of an executive or non-executive director being found …
CQC
L42
Accepted in part
Leveson Inquiry
Public Interest Guidance
A regulatory body should provide guidance on the interpretation of the public interest that justifies what would otherwise constitute a breach of the Code. This must be framed in the …
Press
L77
Accepted
Leveson Inquiry
Police Media Contact Rule
The simple rule included within the 'Interim ACPO Guidance for Relationships with the Media' should be adopted as good practice. This is: "Police officers and staff should ask: 'am I …
National Police Chiefs C…
Police
L79
Accepted
Leveson Inquiry
ACPO Guidance on Hospitality
The recent ACPO Guidance should more specifically spell out the dangers of consuming alcohol in a setting of casual hospitality (without necessarily specifying a blanket ban).
Police
National Police Chiefs C…
BAHA-34
Accepted in part
Baha Mousa Inquiry
Consistent Sight Deprivation Terminology
Theatre level detention instructions and guidance should be reviewed to ensure that references to the means of permissible sight deprivation are consistent.
Ministry of Defence
BAHA-35
Accepted in part
Baha Mousa Inquiry
Detention Timescales Consistency
Theatre level detention instructions and guidance should be reviewed to ensure that references to timescales for detention are clear and consistent.
Ministry of Defence