Support Services

Recommendations related to support services

4
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (4)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 3 inquiries

Across 3 inquiries
COVID-19 Inquiry HIA Inquiry Infected Blood Inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
4 total
COVID-M2.5 Accepted
COVID-19 Inquiry
Advisory Group Terms of Appointment
The Government Office for Science (GO-Science), the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department of Health (Northern Ireland) should each develop standard terms of appointment for all participants in …
- The UK government stated in its Module 2 response (25 March 2026) that GO-Science already provides support to SAGE participants including guidance documents, wellbeing …
Government Office for Sc…
IR2-15 Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Support Services for Applicants
I recommend that the scheme should include provision of the following support services to be provided without charge to the applicant: a) an advice and advocacy service, supplemented where necessary …
- The Government stated in December 2024 that it acknowledges the psychological harm caused and is committed to providing support services, including access to independent …
UK Government
HIA-6 Accepted
HIA Inquiry
HIA Redress Board
We consider the appropriate method of administering the compensation scheme is to create a specific Historic Institutional Abuse Redress Board for that purpose, and we so recommend. The HIA Redress …
- The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board was established and opened on 31 March 2020 to administer the compensation scheme (HIA Redress Board, March 2020). …
Victims and Survivors Se… Northern Ireland Executi…
HIA-8 Accepted
HIA Inquiry
Specialist Care and Assistance Facilities
Sufficient funds should be made available by government on a ring-fenced basis for a fixed period of ten years, subject to a review after five years, to establish dedicated specialist …
- The Victims and Survivors Service launched dedicated support services on 1 December 2020, offering caseworker support, counselling, complementary therapies, and group support in Belfast …
Victims and Survivors Se…