Information
Recommendations related to information
12
Recommendations
92% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (7)Accepted in Part (4)Under Review (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 4 inquiries
Across 4 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
12 total
P2-63
Under Consideration
Fuller Inquiry
Mandatory information from funeral directors
The standards should include details of mandatory information to be given to customers by funeral directors to provide transparency about the care of the deceased, including information on measures to …
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on DBS checks for funeral sector staff was under consideration. Full government response due Summer …
Department of Health and…
P2-33
Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Inspect London Fire Brigade information management systems
That as soon as reasonably practicable the Inspectorate inspect the LFB to examine and report on its arrangements for collecting, storing and distributing information in accordance with section 7(2)(d) of …
- HMICFRS accepted this recommendation in February 2025 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report, MHCLG, February 2025). - HMICFRS Round 3 inspection …
HM Inspectorate of Const…
P2-50
Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Devise displaced person information recording methods
RBKC had no effective means of collecting and recording information about those who had been displaced from the tower and surrounding buildings, including those who were missing. Compiling reliable information …
- The government expressed support for this recommendation directed at local authorities in February 2025 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report, MHCLG, …
Local Authorities
IHRD-18
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
On-Call Consultant Display
The names of all on-call consultants should be prominently displayed in children's wards.
- HSC Trusts reported that clinical handover processes on paediatric wards have been standardised (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health NI, March 2018). - No …
HSC Trusts
F21
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Responsibility for regulating and monitoring compliance
The regulator should have a duty to monitor the accuracy of information disseminated by providers and commissioners on compliance with standards and their compliance with the requirement of honest disclosure. …
- The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 introduced a statutory duty of candour for NHS bodies (The Health and Social …
CQC
F244
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Common information practices shared data and electronic records
There is a need for all to accept common information practices, and to feed performance information into shared databases for monitoring purposes. The following principles should be applied in considering …
- DHSC and NHS England stated in April 2025 that the NHS App (launched 2019) and the Federated Data Platform allow for shared data access …
NHS
F245
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Board accountability
Each provider organisation should have a board level member with responsibility for information.
- The Records Management Code of Practice published by NHS England states that records management should be a specific corporate responsibility with a designated member …
Healthcare providers
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 Learn from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) service replaced the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) and was fully implemented by June 2024 (NHS …
F258
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Role of the Health and Social Care Information Centre
The Information Centre should continue to develop and maintain learning, standards and consensus with regard to information methodologies, with particular reference to comparative performance statistics.
- The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England stated in April 2025 that NHS England now holds the statutory functions for healthcare …
F261
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Information standards
The Information Centre should be enabled to undertake more detailed statistical analysis of its own than currently appears to be the case.
- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that this recommendation was superseded by actions related to recommendation 252 (DHSC and …
F273
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Information to coroners
The terms of authorisation, licensing and registration and any relevant guidance should oblige healthcare providers to provide all relevant information to enable the coroner to perform his function, unless a …
- Schedule 5 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 confers power on coroners to order the disclosure of evidence, including written statements and documents …
Healthcare providers
F36
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Use of information for effective regulation
A coordinated collection of accurate information about the performance of organisations must be available to providers, commissioners, regulators and the public, in as near real time as possible, and should …
- The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England stated in April 2025 that multiple coordinated data collections exist, including the Model Hospital …
CQC