Unclear healthcare delegation
Weak and unclear guidance on the delegation of healthcare responsibilities within schools, leading to insufficient clarity.
7 items
1 source
2 inquiries
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Unclear healthcare delegation has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
7 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (7)
67 — Defining the personal officer role
Recommendation: The role of the personal officer should be clearly defined in each establishment’s personal officer scheme. The Prison Service should publish a model scheme, which should be regarded as having been adopted by every establishment which does not produce one …
Unknown
54 — Role of duty manager in reviews
Recommendation: The role of the duty manager or duty governor in the review process should be clarified.
Unknown
IHRD-20 — Consultant-Led Ward Rounds
Recommendation: Children's ward rounds should be led by a consultant and occur every morning and evening.
Words of: Mr Swann, Minister of Health, written ministerial statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 25 March 2021
Gov response: My Department accepts the recommendations of the O'Hara Report in their entirety.
Accepted
IHRD-15 — Consultant Notification on Admission
Recommendation: A consultant fixed with responsibility for a child patient upon an unscheduled admission should be informed promptly of that responsibility and kept informed of the patient's condition, to ensure senior clinical involvement and leadership.
Words of: Mr Swann, Minister of Health, written ministerial statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 25 March 2021
Gov response: My Department accepts the recommendations of the O'Hara Report in their entirety.
Accepted
IHRD-12 — Senior Paediatric Responsibility
Recommendation: Senior paediatric medical staff should hold overall patient responsibility in children's wards accommodating both medical and surgical patients.
Words of: Mr Swann, Minister of Health, written ministerial statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 25 March 2021
Gov response: My Department accepts the recommendations of the O'Hara Report in their entirety.
Accepted
IHRD-21 — Nurse Attendance at Clinical Interactions
Recommendation: The accountable nurse should, insofar as is possible, attend at every interaction between a doctor and child patient.
Words of: Mr Swann, Minister of Health, written ministerial statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 25 March 2021
Gov response: My Department accepts the recommendations of the O'Hara Report in their entirety.
Accepted
IHRD-19 — Senior Lead Nurse in Children's Wards
Recommendation: To ensure continuity, all children's wards should have an identifiable senior lead nurse with authority to whom all other nurses report. The lead nurse should understand the care plan relating to each patient, be visible to both patients and staff …
Words of: Mr Swann, Minister of Health, written ministerial statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 25 March 2021
Gov response: My Department accepts the recommendations of the O'Hara Report in their entirety.
Accepted