Recruitment and retention plans
Absence of clear implementation timetables with measurable deliverables for recruitment and retention strategies.
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Inquiry Recommendations (44)
8 — Monitor driver transfers and numbers trained
Recommendation: Railtrack and ATOC should monitor the transfer of drivers between operators and the numbers of drivers trained by each TOC and consider whether there are any safety implications involved (paras 5.5, 16.5).
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26 — Recruit social workers with local authorities
Recommendation: A strong group of social workers should be recruited in association with the Local Authority Social Service Departments of Preston County Borough and Lancashire County and services built up along the lines set out in Chapter 7.
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24 — Separate domestic and nursing duties
Recommendation: Domestic duties should, so far as possible, be separated from nursing duties and a special programme started for recruiting and training domestic workers.
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21 — Nursing staff selection and appraisal
Recommendation: Procedures for the selection and appointment of nursing staff (including internal promotions) should be brought into line with the recommendations of the Report of the National Nursing Staff Committee and a staff appraisal system, as recommended by that Committee, introduced …
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10 — At least four new consultant psychiatrists
Recommendation: At least four new consultant psychiatrists should be appointed to Whittingham Hospital, with appropriate junior staff, and in making appointments the special needs of long-stay psychiatric and geriatric patients should be borne in mind. There will need to be an …
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95 — SWSG to increase foster carers
Recommendation: SWSG should take urgent steps to assist all local Social Work Departments in a positive initiative to increase their stock of foster carers (17.33).
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94 — Recruit foster carers in Orkney
Recommendation: Orkney Islands Council should take immediate steps to recruit more foster carers within the islands (17.32).
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81 — Sufficient supply of safeguarders
Recommendation: All local authorities should explore the sufficiency of their supply of persons able and willing to serve in the capacity of safeguarders and if that supply is deficient should take steps to recruit a greater number and arrange training for …
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FP37 — Recommendation 37
Recommendation: The training and use of specialist fingerprint photographers should be considered by SPSA.
No response yet
12 — Paediatric and perinatal pathologists
Recommendation: DHSC and NHS England must ensure that, by June 2033, there are 37 doctors in training posts as paediatric and perinatal pathologists, in line with the workforce requirement set out by the Royal College of Pathologists in the November 2025 …
Gov response: No formal government response published. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's oral statement of 15 September 2026, made on the day the Inquiry's report was published, names neither this recommendation nor its …
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R98 — AHP and social care workforce recruitment
Recommendation: The DoH must devise ways to recruit and retain more allied health professionals and social care staff in the community for autistic people and people with learning disabilities.
No response yet
R9 — Integrated workforce plans
Recommendation: Each facility or service should have an integrated workforce plan that includes all allied health professionals (AHPs) and all staff involved in patient care. This should be based upon the assessed needs of the service user and must include protected …
No response yet
8 — Develop recruitment and retention strategy
Recommendation: The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust should identify a recruitment and retention strategy aimed at achieving a balanced and sustainable workforce with the requisite skills and experience. This should include, but not be limited to, seeking links …
Words of: Department of Health, Learning not blaming (Cm 9113), government response to the Morecambe Bay Investigation and two other reports, July 2015
Gov response: [A] Recommendations for the Trust Recommendations for the Trust: 1-18 1. The Morecambe Bay Investigation found that there were serious failures in clinical care at University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, causing avoidable harm …
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RHI-8 — Job-Specific Recruitment
Recommendation: A fundamental shift is needed in the approach used within the Northern Ireland Civil Service with regard to recruitment and selection for government jobs. This must involve an up-front assessment of the skills that are required to fulfil the specific …
Words of: Northern Ireland Executive, Executive Response to the RHI Inquiry Report Recommendations and Action Plan, Annex A, 7 October 2021
Gov response: These recommendations can be accepted in full. They have been addressed through work to date, including: • job-specific appointments within the NICS generalist grades; • the piloting of Cabinet Office’s “Commercial Skills Assessment and Development …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
185 — Sufficient qualified staff
Recommendation: Local authorities should give serious consideration to securing that there is a sufficient number of staff with the appropriate qualifications to deal with the growing burden of work of suspected child abuse (19.21).
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COVID-M6.8 — Voluntary Adult Social Care Workforce Register
Recommendation: The UK government should implement a voluntary workforce register for adult social care workers in England, in order to strengthen the professionalisation and recognition for those working in the care sector. This should be developed in conjunction with social care …
No response yet
38 — Improve transport to and from Preston
Recommendation: To assist visiting by relatives and recruitment of staff there should be a considerable improvement in transport facilities to and from Preston and the surrounding area.
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22 — Fair representation in clinical academic posts
Recommendation: The appointment of clinical academics shall be approached with fair representation on each side reflecting the proposed split between clinical and academic sessions.
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179 — Skilled staff in every department
Recommendation: No Social Work Department should be without a sufficient proportion of its staff adequately skilled and knowledgeable in the identification, investigation and management of problems of child protection (19.14).
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85 — Independent race relations liaison officers
Recommendation: The Prison Service and the CRE should investigate the desirability and feasibility of race relations liaison officers being recruited from outside the Prison Service.
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R102 — Centralised workforce intelligence function
Recommendation: DoH should establish a comprehensive, centralised workforce intelligence function, similar to those in the rest of the UK, within 12 months of the publication of this report. The learning disability service model must include a fully funded, comprehensive workforce model, …
No response yet
R73 — Band 4 associate practitioners
Recommendation: Consideration should be given to enhancing the post of healthcare assistant by creating Band 4 associate practitioners in both hospital and community settings in order to increase the skills of those providing the majority of direct care, and also to …
No response yet
RHI-1 — Policy Skills Assessment
Recommendation: A new policy at its earliest stage should be subject to a rigorous process to determine whether the Northern Ireland devolved administration has (or is prepared to assign) the necessary skills and resources to deliver the policy safely and competently. …
Words of: Northern Ireland Executive, Executive Response to the RHI Inquiry Report Recommendations and Action Plan, Annex A, 7 October 2021
Gov response: These recommendations can be accepted in full. Some elements are addressed in existing guidance, including: • the role of the Senior Responsible Officer in respect of the delivery of a project or programme; • existing …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
188 — Public support for social workers
Recommendation: The press and the public should give social workers the support which they need to continue in the work which the public requires of them (19.24-25).
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183 — Specialist courses in social work
Recommendation: Every encouragement and support should be given to the creation and development of specialist courses in social work in Scotland with the involvement of practitioners from all agencies (19.18-19).
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170 — Child protection as specialist area
Recommendation: The whole area of work in child protection requires to be seen as a specialist area to be undertaken by practitioners with specialist skills and knowledge with adequate training and support (19.5-6).
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75 — Standing contracts for railway experts
Recommendation: Standing contracts for the provision of consulting services by recognised railway experts should be amended to make provision for HMRI to require any appropriate individual to provide expert services for the immediate accident investigation, including the services of any appropriate …
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33 — Review building and engineering staff
Recommendation: The complement of building and engineering staff should be reviewed.
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22 — Service after retirement age
Recommendation: The extension of service after retirement age should be most carefully considered in each individual case and regularly reviewed.
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33 — Central resource for expertise and support
Recommendation: While practical assistance by way of extra staff may be obtained from geographically adjacent regions or failing that from other parts of Scotland (15.81) a central resource should be established to provide a high level of expertise for guidance, advice …
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93 — Crew numbers for standby vessels
Recommendation: As regards the appropriate numbers for the crew of standby vessels, the DoT should take into account the evidence given in the Inquiry when reviewing the code in this respect (para 20.50).
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12 — Inspectorate scientific expertise review
Recommendation: The current review of NII should examine whether they are sufficiently equipped with scientific expertise to check the designs for the proposed plant (para 11.24).
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COVID-M3.5 — Scale Up Urgent and Emergency Care
Recommendation: The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, in conjunction with organisations responsible for delivering services, should plan for surge capacity in urgent and emergency care during a pandemic. Plans must ensure that there is sufficient workforce …
Words of: UK government (Department of Health and Social Care), UK government response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 3 report (CP 1664), 14 September 2026
Gov response: The government agrees with the Inquiry that it is important to continue to prepare to scale up urgent and emergency care capacity.
Accepted in part
BRIS-95 — Review incentives for senior clinicians in managerial roles, enabling return to practice
Recommendation: The professional and financial incentives for senior clinicians to undertake full-time senior managerial roles should be reviewed: the aim should be to enable senior clinicians to move into a full-time managerial role, and subsequently, if they so wish, to move …
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F191 — Recruitment for values and commitment
Recommendation: 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 be required to do so by commissioning and regulatory requirements.
Speaker not recorded. Source: Department of Health, Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, volume 2 (Cm 8777-II), November 2013
Gov response: Accepted. The Government’s Mandate to Health Education England contained a requirement to ensure that selection into all new NHS-funded training posts incorporates testing of values-based recruitment. NHS England is working with Health Education England and …
Accepted
In progress
20 — National review of maternity care in challenging circumstances
Recommendation: There should be a national review of the provision of maternity care and paediatrics in challenging circumstances, including areas that are rural, difficult to recruit to, or isolated. This should identify the requirements to sustain safe services under these conditions. …
Words of: Department of Health, Learning not blaming (Cm 9113), government response to the Morecambe Bay Investigation and two other reports, July 2015
Gov response: 7. We accept this recommendation. A review of maternity care, which will also consider neonatal care and paediatrics in the context of maternity care, is underway. 8. In its report to Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, …
Accepted
In progress
RHI-17 — Professional Development
Recommendation: The Northern Ireland Civil Service should take steps to draw on best practice from other jurisdictions to provide more support for professions within the civil service. The Inquiry specifically recommends: (a) the establishment of a project management profession with a …
Words of: Northern Ireland Executive, Executive Response to the RHI Inquiry Report Recommendations and Action Plan, Annex A, 7 October 2021
Gov response: These recommendations can be accepted in full. They have been addressed in work to date through: • initial steps to establish a project delivery profession which will, once in place, take forward the recommended programme …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
BRIS-97 — Differentiate revalidation for managers maintaining clinical practice and those restarting after retraining
Recommendation: To facilitate the movement of clinicians in and out of managerial positions, the proposed systems for the revalidation (and re-registration) of doctors, nurses and professions allied to medicine should distinguish between professionals who are managers and also maintaining a clinical …
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HIDD-93 — Adequately staff and resource the Railway Inspectorate for increased responsibilities
Recommendation: Government shall ensure that the Railway Inspectorate is adequately staffed and resourced to match the increased responsibilities incurred as a result of recommendations made in this Report.
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21 — Consider extending review to other rural services
Recommendation: The challenge of providing healthcare in areas that are rural, difficult to recruit to or isolated is not restricted to maternity care and paediatrics. We recommend that NHS England consider the wisdom of extending the review of requirements to sustain …
Words of: Department of Health, Learning not blaming (Cm 9113), government response to the Morecambe Bay Investigation and two other reports, July 2015
Gov response: 11. We accept this recommendation in principle. NHS England are establishing Vanguard sites to explore how new models of care can address the challenges faced by services that are rural, geographically isolated or difficult to …
Accepted in part
In progress
FENN-129 — Bring Railway Inspectorate to full establishment to fulfil safety responsibilities.
Recommendation: The Railway Inspectorate must be brought up to establishment to carry out its responsibilities under section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
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MACP-66 — Require HMIC to inspect and report on police minority ethnic staff progress
Recommendation: That HMIC include in any regular inspection or in a thematic inspection a report on the progress made by Police Services in recruitment, progression and retention of minority ethnic staff.
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MACP-65 — Facilitate initiatives to increase qualified minority ethnic recruits in police services
Recommendation: That the Home Office and Police Services should facilitate the development of initiatives to increase the number of qualified minority ethnic recruits.
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CR3 — Regular assessment of assets and resources
Recommendation: There should be regular assessments by HM Coastguard of the adequacy of the available assets and human resources to respond to both current and reasonably foreseeable levels of small boat activity. Where the forecast level of resourcing need cannot be …
Words of: Department for Transport, Cranston Inquiry Report: Interim Response (CP 1635), July 2026
Gov response: HMCG recognises the importance of regular assessments and has the following operational measures in place for the review of assets: • SAR asset availability (surface vessels and aircraft) is assessed daily, and every watch assesses …
Accepted