Patient Information

6
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (6)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 3 inquiries

Across 3 inquiries
Mid Staffs Inquiry Paterson Inquiry Vale of Leven Inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
6 total
3 Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
Explaining independent sector differences
We recommend that the differences between how the care of patients in the independent sector is organised and the care of patients in the NHS is organised is explained clearly …
- In December 2021, the government accepted this recommendation, stating that CQC now requires independent healthcare providers to ensure patients understand arrangements relating to consultant …
Department of Health and…
R10 Accepted
Vale of Leven Inquiry
CDI patient information
Health Boards should ensure that patients diagnosed with CDI are given information by medical and nursing staff about their condition and prognosis.
- The Scottish Government published its response to the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report on 18 June 2015, accepting all 75 recommendations and establishing …
NHS Health Boards (Scotl…
R11 Accepted
Vale of Leven Inquiry
CDI severity awareness
Health Boards should ensure that patients, and relatives where appropriate, are made aware that CDI is a condition that can be life-threatening, particularly in the elderly.
- The Scottish Government published its response to the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report on 18 June 2015, accepting all 75 recommendations and establishing …
NHS Health Boards (Scotl…
R12 Accepted
Vale of Leven Inquiry
CDI infection control advice
Health Boards should ensure that when a patient has CDI patients and relatives are given clear and proper advice on the necessary infection control precautions.
- The Scottish Government published its response to the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report on 18 June 2015, accepting all 75 recommendations and establishing …
NHS Health Boards (Scotl…
F230 Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Profile
The profile of the Nursing and Midwifery Council needs to be raised with the public, who are the prime and most valuable source of information about the conduct of nurses. …
- 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). …
NMC
F233 Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
For joint action Profile
While both the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council have highly informative internet sites, both need to ensure that patients and other service users are made aware …
- 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). …
GMC