Mortality
Recommendations related to mortality
4
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (4)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 2 inquiries
Across 2 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
4 total
IHRD-48
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Mortality Meeting Recording and Audit
The proceedings of mortality meetings should be digitally recorded, the recording securely archived and an annual audit made of proceedings and procedures.
- HSC Trusts reported that processes for timely completion of death certificates for children had been reviewed (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March …
HSC Trusts
IHRD-49
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Multi-Trust Mortality Meeting Engagement
Where the care and treatment under review at a mortality meeting involves more than one hospital or Trust, video conferencing facilities should be provided and relevant professionals from all relevant …
- HSC Trusts reported that quality standards for post-mortem reports had been reviewed (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - No independent …
HSC Trusts
F105
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Transparency use and sharing of information
Consideration should be given to whether information from incident reports involving deaths in hospital could enhance consideration of the hospital standardised mortality ratio.
- In April 2025, DHSC and NHS England stated that mortality information is triangulated via the Learning from Deaths policy and a dashboard for NHS …
NHS England
F271
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Improving and assuring accuracy
To the extent that summary hospital-level mortality indicators are not already recognised as national or official statistics, the Department of Health and the Health and Social Care Information Centre should …
- NHS England stated in April 2025 that the Summary Hospital-Level Mortality Indicator (SHMI) is produced and published monthly as an Accredited Official Statistic (DHSC …
Department of Health and…