Data
Recommendations related to data
12
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (8)Accepted in Part (4)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 6 inquiries
Across 6 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
12 total
COVID-M1.5
Accepted
COVID-19 Inquiry
Pandemic Data Systems and Research
The UK government, working with the devolved administrations, should establish mechanisms for the timely collection, analysis, secure sharing and use of reliable data for informing emergency responses, in advance of …
- The government accepted this recommendation in its response published 16 January 2025, agreeing that data and research are crucial to pandemic preparedness (UK Government …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M2.12
Accepted
COVID-19 Inquiry
Central Emergency Taskforces
The response to a future whole-system civil emergency should be coordinated via central taskforces in each of the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with responsibility for the commissioning and …
- The UK government stated in its Module 2 response (25 March 2026) that it has revised crisis management governance processes (UK Government Response to …
Cabinet Office
P2-30
Accepted
Fuller Inquiry
Ambulance data on conveying deceased
Data on how often deceased patients are conveyed in ambulances, and the reasons for this, should be routinely collected and reported to NHS England, and monitored to assess risk.
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on ambulance services collecting data on conveyance of deceased persons was accepted in full. NHS …
NHS England
IBI-9f
Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
National Haemophilia Database Support
That the National Haemophilia Database, run by the UKHCDO, merits the support of additional central funding.
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive. Accepted in full …
UK Government
1
Accepted in Part
Paterson Inquiry
Single consultant data repository
We recommend that there should be a single repository of the whole practice of consultants across England, setting out their practising privileges and other critical consultant performance data – for …
- In December 2021, the government accepted this recommendation in principle, stating that NHS England was developing consultant-level procedure data and that the Private Healthcare …
Department of Health and…
F106
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Health Protection Agency Coordination and publication of providers' information on healthcare associated infections
The Health Protection Agency and its successor, should coordinate the collection, analysis and publication of information on each provider's performance in relation to healthcare associated infections, working with the Health …
- The Health Protection Agency was abolished on 1 April 2013 and its functions were transferred to Public Health England (PHE), which in turn was …
F252
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Access to data
It is important that the appropriate steps are taken to enable properly anonymised data to be used for managerial and regulatory purposes.
- The government's response in "Hard Truths" (Cm 8777, November 2013) accepted this recommendation (Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, DHSC, November 2013). …
Department of Health and…
F257
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Role of the Health and Social Care Information Centre
The Information Centre should be tasked with the independent collection, analysis, publication and oversight of healthcare information in England, or, with the agreement of the devolved governments, the United Kingdom. …
- The government's response in "Hard Truths" (Cm 8777, November 2013) accepted this recommendation in principle (Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, DHSC, …
F259
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Role of the Health and Social Care Information Centre
The Information Centre, in consultation with the Department of Health, the NHS Commissioning Board and the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, should develop a means of publishing more detailed breakdowns …
- The government's response in "Hard Truths" (Cm 8777, November 2013) accepted this recommendation (Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, DHSC, November 2013). …
F260
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Information standards
The standards applied to statistical information about serious untoward incidents should be the same as for any other healthcare information and in particular the principles around transparency and accessibility. It …
- The government's response in "Hard Truths" (Cm 8777, November 2013) accepted this recommendation (Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, DHSC, November 2013). …
F268
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Resources
Resources must be allocated to and by provider organisations to enable the relevant data to be collected and forwarded to the relevant central registry.
- The government's response in "Hard Truths" (Cm 8777, November 2013) accepted this recommendation (Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, DHSC, November 2013). …
Healthcare providers
L20
Accepted in Part
Leveson Inquiry
Compliance Record Keeping
The Board should have both the power and a duty to ensure that all breaches of the standards code that it considers are recorded as such and that proper data …
- The Prime Minister stated on 29 November 2012 that he accepted the principles for independent self-regulation including record-keeping (Oral Statement to Parliament, Prime Minister's …
Press