Audit
Recommendations related to audit
33
Recommendations
67% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (13)Accepted in part (7)Accepted, fully or in part (not specified) (2)Not accepted (1)Under consideration (1)No response yet (8)Not Applicable (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 14 inquiries
Across 14 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
33 total
R23
No response yet
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry
Regular property and finance compliance checks
All organisations taking responsibility for property and/or finance for people with learning disabilities and autistic people should institute regular checks of adherence to their policies. This includes local checks, corporate …
Health and Social Care N…
Northern Ireland Executi…
R36
No response yet
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry
Seclusion as extraordinary intervention with serious event audit
Use of seclusion should be considered an extraordinary and exceptional intervention. Each intervention should be subject to a serious event audit, conducted by a professional outside the service provider’s learning …
Health and Social Care N…
Northern Ireland Executi…
R55
No response yet
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry
External CCTV oversight
Oversight of the CCTV analysis should sit outside the setting in which the CCTV is recording, and should include audits of referrals and outcomes.
Health and Social Care N…
Northern Ireland Executi…
R66
No response yet
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry
Quarterly safeguarding file audit
A quarterly multidisciplinary audit of 10% of safeguarding files per ward or residential unit should be conducted. Findings must be integrated with incident data and reported to the Executive Team, …
Health and Social Care N…
Northern Ireland Executi…
R78
No response yet
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry
Audit committee implementation tracking
HSCT Board audit committees should consider all internal audit recommendations and require directorates to provide updates on implementation three months, six months and one year after the internal audit report …
Health and Social Care N…
Northern Ireland Executi…
R8
No response yet
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry
Medication audit and NICE compliance
Medication should never be used simply to subdue people in the absence of other forms of treatment and good quality care. DoH should issue a regional audit pro forma to …
Health and Social Care N…
Northern Ireland Executi…
P1-10
Accepted
Fuller Inquiry
Regular CCTV review with swipe card data
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must ensure that footage from the CCTV is reviewed on a regular basis by appropriately trained staff and examined in conjunction with swipe card …
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P1-7
Accepted
Fuller Inquiry
Audit and monitor mortuary access
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must audit implementation of any resulting new policy and must regularly monitor access to restricted areas, including the mortuary, by all staff and contractors.
Maidstone and Tunbridge …
P2-3
Accepted in part
Fuller Inquiry
Audit access data for deceased storage
All NHS trusts should routinely audit the access data of all facilities used to store deceased people.
NHS England
P2-39
Accepted in part
Fuller Inquiry
Local authority security audits
Routine and regular audits of security must be conducted, encompassing both access to and exit from the mortuary and movement within it, including the post-mortem room. Access data must be …
Ministry of Housing, Com…
P2-51
Accepted in part
Fuller Inquiry
Local authority biennial audits and peer review
The mortuary service must be reviewed by professional auditors at least biennially, with the results of the audit reported to a formal committee regardless of the level of assurance. Local …
Ministry of Housing, Com…
P2-8
Accepted in part
Fuller Inquiry
Swipe to exit for mortuaries
All NHS trusts should consider the installation of 'swipe to exit' for mortuary facilities. This would allow trusts to monitor and audit entry and exit, as well as time spent …
NHS England
IBI-4d
Accepted in part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Patient Records Audit
Patient Records: Before the end of 2027 there should be a formal audit, publicly reported, of the extent of success of digitisation of patient records in each of the four …
UK Government
13
Accepted (fully or in part)
Brook House Inquiry
Quarterly auditing of Rule 40 and Rule 42 use
The Home Office must regularly (and at least quarterly) audit the use of Rule 40 and Rule 42 across the immigration detention estate, in order to identify trends, any training …
Home Office
9
Accepted (fully or in part)
Brook House Inquiry
Ensure effective operation and auditing of all Rule 35 limbs
The Home Office must, across the immigration detention estate, assure itself that all three limbs of Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001 (reports by a medical practitioner where: …
Home Office
ETI-24
Under consideration
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
Duty of Disclosure Legislation
The Scottish Ministers should also give consideration to the need for legislation to impose a similar duty of disclosure to that owed by policyholders to their insurers upon a company, …
Scottish Government
46
No response yet
IICSA
Church independent external safeguarding audits
The Church in Wales should introduce independent external auditing of its safeguarding policies and procedures, as well as the effectiveness of safeguarding practice in dioceses, cathedrals and other Church organisations. …
Church of England
50
No response yet
IICSA
Independent validation of Catholic audit programme
The Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service should have the effectiveness of its audit programme regularly validated by an independent organisation which is external to the Church. These independent reports should be …
Catholic Safeguarding Ad…
RHI-28
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Record Keeping Culture and Audit
The culture and practice of record keeping and access to records within the Northern Ireland Civil Service needs to change so that staff responsible for a given area of work …
Northern Ireland Executi…
IHRD-29
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Record Keeping Audit
Record keeping should be subject to rigorous, routine and regular audit.
HSC Trusts
IHRD-48
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Mortality Meeting Recording and Audit
The proceedings of mortality meetings should be digitally recorded, the recording securely archived and an annual audit made of proceedings and procedures.
HSC Trusts
IHRD-76
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Publication of Clinical Standards
Clinical standards of care, such as patients might reasonably expect, should be published and made subject to regular audit.
HSC Trusts
IHRD-78
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Clinical Guidelines Audit
Implementation of clinical guidelines should be documented and routinely audited.
HSC Trusts
IHRD-96
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Healthcare Litigation Standards
The Department should provide clear standards to govern the management of healthcare litigation by Trusts and the work of Trust employees and legal advisors in this connection should be audited.
Department of Health NI
7
Not Applicable
Morecambe Bay Investigation
Audit maternity and paediatric services
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust should audit the operation of maternity and paediatric services, to ensure that they follow risk assessment protocols on place of delivery, …
University Hospitals of …
R52
Accepted
Vale of Leven Inquiry
IPC policy adherence audits
Health Boards should ensure that adherence to infection prevention and control policies, for example the C. difficile and Loose Stool Policies, is audited at least annually, and that serious non-adherence …
NHS Health Boards (Scotl…
R75
Accepted
Vale of Leven Inquiry
Health Board review of IPC reports
Health Boards should review such reports to determine what lessons can be learned and what reviews, audits or other measures (interim or otherwise) should be put in place in the …
NHS Health Boards (Scotl…
F248
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Accountability for quality accounts
Healthcare providers should be required to have their quality accounts independently audited. Auditors should be given a wider remit enabling them to use their professional judgement in examining the reliability …
Healthcare providers
F269
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Improving and assuring accuracy
The only practical way of ensuring reasonable accuracy is vigilant auditing at local level of the data put into the system. This is important work, which must be continued and …
Healthcare providers
L78
Accepted
Leveson Inquiry
PNC Access Auditing
The Police Service should re-examine the rigour of the auditing process and the frequency of the conduct of audits in relation to access to the Police National Computer (PNC). Additional …
Police
National Police Chiefs C…
BAHA-27
Accepted in part
Baha Mousa Inquiry
Interrogation Video Audit
The interrogation policy should require, as part of the auditing process, a review of a selection of video recordings of interrogations of the inspector’s choosing. Interrogators should know that the …
Ministry of Defence
BAHA-28
Accepted in part
Baha Mousa Inquiry
Tactical Questioning Audit Procedure
The tactical questioning policy should be amended to include a clear and simple auditing procedure.
Ministry of Defence
ICL-4
Not accepted
ICL Inquiry
Independent Risk Assessment Audit
The current risk assessment system should be improved by the addition of an independent audit process.
Health and Safety Execut…