Protocol
Recommendations related to protocol
11
Recommendations
91% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (10)Awaiting Response (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 6 inquiries
Across 6 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
11 total
P2-39
Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Establish water undertaker communication protocols
That all fire and rescue services establish and periodically review an agreed protocol with the statutory water undertakers in their areas to enable effective communication between them in relation to …
- NFCC accepted this recommendation on behalf of all fire and rescue services in February 2025 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report, …
National Fire Chiefs Cou…
RHI-33
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
HMT Communication Protocol
The protocol for relations with HMT, namely that the Northern Ireland Department of Finance must be the sole conduit of formal communication, should be reinforced and widely understood across the …
- 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
IHRD-11
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Patient Transfer Protocol
There should be protocol to specify the information accompanying a patient on transfer from one hospital to another.
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implementation status based on Department of Health NI Implementation Programme updates..
HSC Trusts
IHRD-45
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Post-Mortem Documentation Checklist
Check-list protocols should be developed to specify the documentation to be furnished to the pathologist conducting a hospital post-mortem.
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implementation status based on Department of Health NI Implementation Programme updates..
HSC Trusts
IHRD-52
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Inquest Duties Protocol
Protocol should detail the duties and obligations of all healthcare employees in relation to healthcare related inquests.
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implementation status based on Department of Health NI Implementation Programme updates..
HSC Trusts
IHRD-90
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Clinical Guidance Dissemination Protocol
The Department should develop protocol for the dissemination and implementation of important clinical guidance, to include: (i) The naming of specific individuals fixed with responsibility for implementation and audit to …
Government response: Accepted. Last substantive update was January 2024. No recent public evidence of further progress.
Department of Health NI
IHRD-95
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Legal Privilege Protocol
Given that the public is entitled to expect appropriate transparency from a publically funded service, the Department should bring forward protocol governing how and when legal privilege entitlement might properly …
Government response: Accepted. Last substantive update was January 2024. No recent public evidence of further progress.
Department of Health NI
30
Accepted
Morecambe Bay Investigation
National protocol on duties relating to inquests
A national protocol should be drawn up setting out the duties of all Trusts and their staff in relation to inquests. This should include, but not be limited to, the …
- In July 2015, the government stated: "We accept this recommendation in principle" and said it would "give further thought, with the Ministry of Justice …
NHS England
6
Accepted
Morecambe Bay Investigation
Draw up maternity risk assessment protocol
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust should draw up a protocol for risk assessment in maternity services, setting out clearly: who should be offered the option of …
- In July 2015, the government stated that the Trust was addressing risk assessment protocols in maternity services (Learning Not Blaming, Cm 9113, Department of …
University Hospitals of …
AR-2
Accepted
Azelle Rodney Inquiry
Protocol for Post-Incident Debriefing
At an early date there should be liaison between the IPCC, the MPS and ACPO (and, more significantly, lawyers acting for each) with a view to establishing a protocol for …
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implementation status based on Commander Basu's MPS review and updates provided in August 2014..
Metropolitan Police Serv…
7
No Response
Hillsborough Panel
Protocol for adding/removing archive material
We recommend the development of a protocol which identifies the criteria according to which material not disclosed by the Panel may be added in the future, and material currently disclosed …
The government has not accepted this recommendation.
Cabinet Office