Criminal Liability
3
Recommendations
67% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (1)Accepted in Part (1)Not Accepted (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
3 total
F183
Not Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Criminal liability
It should be made a criminal offence for any registered medical practitioner, or nurse, or allied health professional or director of an authorised or registered healthcare organisation: Knowingly to obstruct …
- The government did not accept this recommendation in its 2013 response (Hard Truths: the journey to putting patients first, DHSC, November 2013). - The …
Department of Health and…
F250
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Accountability for quality accounts
It should be a criminal offence for a director to sign a declaration of belief that the contents of a quality account are true if it contains a misstatement of …
- DHSC and NHS England stated in April 2025 that action had been taken in response to this recommendation following the 2013 inquiry (DHSC and …
Department of Health and…
F29
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Sanctions and interventions for non-compliance
It should be an offence for death or serious injury to be caused to a patient by a breach of these regulatory requirements, or, in any other case of breach, …
- The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 created a new criminal offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect by care workers and care provider organisations …
Department of Health and…