Compliance
Recommendations related to compliance
12
Recommendations
92% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (6)Accepted in Part (5)Awaiting Response (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 7 inquiries
Across 7 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
12 total
CR17
Response Pending
Cranston Inquiry
Protocol for duty to assist referrals
HM Coastguard and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency should establish a protocol for referrals by HM Coastguard to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's regulatory compliance investigations team, identifying the threshold …
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Maritime and Coastguard …
P1-15
Accepted
Fuller Inquiry
Treat HTA compliance as Trust statutory responsibility
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust should treat compliance with Human Tissue Authority standards as a statutory responsibility for the Trust, notwithstanding the fact that the formal responsibility under the …
- MTW Trust stated in February 2024 that HTA compliance is now treated as a statutory responsibility at board level (MTW Trust Assurance Statement, February …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P2-55
Accepted in Part
Fuller Inquiry
Unlicensed body stores prepared for HTA compliance
Local authorities providing an unlicensed body store must be prepared to comply with the Human Tissue Authority's standards and guidance where applicable, in the event that a Human Tissue Authority …
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on bringing unlicensed body stores into compliance was accepted in principle. Full government response due …
Ministry of Housing, Com…
RHI-23
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Ministerial Notification of Approval Conditions
Ministers should always be advised of any conditions attached to the approval of a policy or project by the Department of Finance. The Department of Finance should also require, and …
- In October 2021, the NI Executive accepted this recommendation in full (NI Executive Response to RHI Inquiry, Department of Finance, October 2021). - The …
Department of Finance
5
Accepted
Paterson Inquiry
CQC assurance on MDT meetings
We recommend that CQC, as a matter of urgency, should assure itself that all hospital providers are complying effectively with up-to-date national guidance on MDT meetings, including in breast cancer …
- In December 2021, the government accepted this recommendation, stating that CQC had updated its inspection methodology to specifically examine multidisciplinary team (MDT) functioning and …
CQC
IHRD-7
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Monitoring Candour Compliance
Trusts should monitor compliance and take disciplinary action against breach.
Government response: Accepted. Last substantive update was January 2024. No recent public evidence of further progress.
HSC Trusts
Northern Ireland Executi…
IHRD-77
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Trust Compliance Officer
Trusts should appoint a compliance officer to ensure compliance with protocol and direction.
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implementation status based on Department of Health NI Implementation Programme updates..
HSC Trusts
IHRD-8
Accepted in Part
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
RQIA Compliance Review Powers
Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority ('RQIA') should review overall compliance and consideration should be given to granting it the power to prosecute in cases of serial non-compliance or serious and …
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implementation status based on Department of Health NI Implementation Programme updates.
Northern Ireland Executi…
Department of Health NI
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
L34
Accepted in Part
Leveson Inquiry
Compliance Reports and Senior Responsibility
In addition to Recommendation 10 above, a new regulatory body should consider requiring: (a) that newspapers publish compliance reports in their own pages to ensure that their readers have easy …
- The Prime Minister stated on 29 November 2012 that he accepted the principles for independent self-regulation (Oral Statement to Parliament, Prime Minister's Office, 29 …
Press
L9
Accepted in Part
Leveson Inquiry
Internal Governance Processes
The Board should require, of those who subscribe, appropriate internal governance processes, transparency on what governance processes they have in place, and notice of any failures in compliance, together with …
- The Prime Minister stated on 29 November 2012 that he accepted the principles for independent self-regulation including internal governance requirements (Oral Statement to Parliament, …
Press
BAHA-54
Accepted
Baha Mousa Inquiry
MATT 7 Take-up Recording
There needs to be better recording of the take-up of MATT 7 (and equivalent training) to avoid the need to rely upon Reception Staging and Onward Integration (RSOI) training in …
- The Defence Secretary stated on 8 September 2011 that the government accepted this recommendation and stated that better systems for recording MATT 7 completion …
Ministry of Defence