Values
Recommendations related to values
12
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (10)Accepted in Part (2)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 2 inquiries
Across 2 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
12 total
F185
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Focus on culture of caring
There should be an increased focus in nurse training, education and professional development on the practical requirements of delivering compassionate care in addition to the theory. A system which ensures …
- The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) updated its pre-registration nursing and midwifery education standards in 2018 and 2019 to emphasize compassionate, person-centred care (NMC …
NMC
F188
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Aptitude test for compassion and caring
The Nursing and Midwifery Council, working with universities, should consider the introduction of an aptitude test to be undertaken by aspirant registered nurses at entry into the profession, exploring, in …
- The Nursing and Midwifery Council stated in April 2025 that its pre-registration standards negate the need for a specific aptitude test (DHSC and NHS …
NMC
F191
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Recruitment for values and commitment
Healthcare employers recruiting nursing staff, whether qualified or unqualified, should assess candidates' values, attitudes and behaviours towards the well-being of patients and their basic care needs, and care providers should …
- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that the NHS operates a values-based recruitment approach to align employee behaviours with …
Healthcare providers
F2
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Putting the patient first
The NHS and all who work for it must adopt and demonstrate a shared culture in which the patient is the priority in everything done. This requires: A common set …
- The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England stated in April 2025 that the NHS Constitution sets out six core values, including …
NHS
F287
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Impact assessments before structural change
The Department of Health should together with healthcare systems regulators take the lead in developing through obtaining consensus between the public and healthcare professionals, a coherent, and easily accessible structure …
- The Care Quality Commission introduced fundamental standards of care in 2015 as part of its regulatory framework (Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated …
Department of Health and…
F3
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Clarity of values and principles
The NHS Constitution should be the first reference point for all NHS patients and staff and should set out the system's common values, as well as the respective rights, legitimate …
- The NHS Constitution was updated in July 2015 to incorporate duty of candour expectations and strengthened patient rights (NHS Constitution Updates, UK Government, July …
Department of Health and…
F4
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Clarity of values and principles
The core values expressed in the NHS Constitution should be given priority of place and the overriding value should be that patients are put first, and everything done by the …
- The NHS Constitution was updated in July 2015 to incorporate duty of candour expectations and strengthen the prominence of patient-first values (NHS Constitution Updates, …
Department of Health and…
F5
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Clarity of values and principles
In reaching out to patients, consideration should be given to including expectations in the NHS Constitution that: Staff put patients before themselves; They will do everything in their power to …
- The NHS Constitution was updated in July 2015 to incorporate expectations regarding the statutory duty of candour and strengthened patient and staff rights (NHS …
Department of Health and…
F6
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Clarity of values and principles
The handbook to the NHS Constitution should be revised to include a much more prominent reference to the NHS values and their significance.
- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that the Handbook to the NHS Constitution was updated in October 2023 to …
Department of Health and…
F7
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Clarity of values and principles
All NHS staff should be required to enter into an express commitment to abide by the NHS values and the Constitution, both of which should be incorporated into the contracts …
- The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England stated in April 2025 that no systematic arrangements were put in place to incorporate …
NHS
F8
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Clarity of values and principles
Contractors providing outsourced services should also be required to abide by these requirements and to ensure that staff employed by them for these purposes do so as well. These requirements …
- The NHS Standard Contract (General Condition 5.1) requires providers to apply Principles of Good Employment Practice and abide by the staff pledges in the …
Commissioners
BAHA-55
Accepted
Baha Mousa Inquiry
Operational Law Training Currency
Those responsible for designing the mandatory operational law and values and standards training must keep the training relevant and up-to-date both in its content and in the style and means …
- The Defence Secretary stated on 8 September 2011 that the government accepted this recommendation and stated that processes for keeping operational law training current …
Ministry of Defence