Unqualified Staff Deployment
Deployment of insufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent, skilled, and experienced staff, failing to meet fundamental standards.
18 items
1 source
6 inquiries
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Unqualified Staff Deployment has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
18 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (18)
COVID-M2.3 — UK-wide Expert Register
Recommendation: The Government Office for Science (GO-Science) should develop and maintain a register of experts across the four nations of the UK who would be willing to participate in scientific advisory groups, covering a broad range of potential civil emergencies. The …
Words of: UK Government (Cabinet Office), UK Government Response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2 Report (CP 1534), 25 March 2026
Gov response: GO-Science already maintains an expert register for SAGE and is committed to refreshing the register; improving selection processes to broaden participation across disciplines, institutions and backgrounds; and increasing our engagement with experts outside of emergencies. …
Accepted
COVID-M1.5 — Pandemic Data Systems and Research
Recommendation: The UK government, working with the devolved administrations, should establish mechanisms for the timely collection, analysis, secure sharing and use of reliable data for informing emergency responses, in advance of future pandemics. Data systems should be tested in pandemic exercises. …
Words of: UK Government (Cabinet Office), UK Government Response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1 Report (CP 1240), January 2025
Gov response: The government agrees with the Inquiry that data and research are crucial to preparing for, responding to and recovering from a pandemic. The government recognises that effective response to any future pandemic requires a refined …
Accepted
COVID-M1.2 — Cabinet Office Leadership for Emergencies
Recommendation: The UK government should: abolish the lead government department model for whole-system civil emergency preparedness and resilience; and require the Cabinet Office to lead on preparing for and building resilience to whole-system civil emergencies across UK government departments, including monitoring …
Words of: UK Government (Cabinet Office), UK Government Response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1 Report (CP 1240), January 2025
Gov response: The government agrees with the need for a greater Cabinet Office role for whole-system civil emergencies. This is in addition to the Lead Government Department model which retains an essential role in preparedness and resilience. …
Accepted in part
In progress
35 — Contractors' supervisors as Performing Authorities
Recommendation: While it is not inappropriate for contractors’ supervisors to act as Performing Authorities, operators should be made responsible for ensuring that such supervisors are trained in the permit to work system for the installation where they are to act as …
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33 — Training of contractors' supervisors
Recommendation: Operators and the regulatory body should pay particular attention to the training and competence of contractors’ supervisors who are required to operate the permit to work system (paras 18.17 and 18.29).
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105 — UKOOA guidelines for emergency training
Recommendation: The UKOOA guidelines for offshore emergency safety training on installations should be a minimum requirement for survival, fire-fighting and other forms of training detailed therein for the relevant personnel employed offshore. Personnel who have not met the requirements of these …
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BRIS-99 — Mandate direct supervision for clinicians performing new clinical procedures until expert
Recommendation: Any clinician carrying out any clinical procedure for the first time must be directly supervised by colleagues who have the necessary skill, competence and experience until such time as the relevant degree of expertise has been acquired.
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In progress
R23 — TVN training and qualification
Recommendation: Health Boards should ensure that a nurse appointed as Tissue Viability Nurse (TVN) is appropriately trained and possesses, or is working towards, a recognised specialist post-registration qualification. Health Boards should ensure that a trainee TVN is supervised by a qualified …
Words of: Scottish Government, The Scottish Government's Response to the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report, section 1.3, 18 June 2015
Gov response: The Scottish Government accepts its responsibility for the failings identified in the report and we apologise unreservedly for the suffering and loss caused. We accept in full all of the report's recommendations.
Accepted
IHRD-13 — Foundation Doctors in Children's Wards
Recommendation: Foundation doctors should not be employed in children's wards.
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
F213 — Training standards for healthcare support workers
Recommendation: Until such time as the Nursing and Midwifery Council is charged with the recommended regulatory responsibilities, the Department of Health should institute a nationwide system to protect patients and care receivers from harm. This system should be supported by fair …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Department of Health, Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, volume 2 (Cm 8777-II), November 2013
Gov response: Not accepted, however we intend to achieve the intention behind this by ensuring that organisations have the right staff with the right skills to deliver care in a safe way. We do not believe that …
Not accepted
F212 — Training standards for healthcare support workers
Recommendation: The code of conduct, education and training standards and requirements for registration for healthcare support workers should be prepared and maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council after due consultation with all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Health, other …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Department of Health, Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, volume 2 (Cm 8777-II), November 2013
Gov response: Not accepted, however we intend to achieve the intention behind this by ensuring that organisations have the right staff with the right skills to deliver care in a safe way. This recommendation is a step …
Not accepted
F211 — Training standards for healthcare support workers
Recommendation: There should be a common set of national standards for the education and training of healthcare support workers.
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 National Minimum Training Standards for healthcare support workers were published in March 2013. The Cavendish Review has also made a number of recommendations to improve the national standards on education and training, including …
Accepted
In progress
F210 — Code of conduct for healthcare support workers
Recommendation: There should be a national code of conduct for healthcare support workers.
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. Skills for Health and Skills for Care published a national code of conduct for healthcare support workers and adult social care workers in March 2013. The Cavendish Review recommends that Skills for Health and …
Accepted
F209 — Registration of healthcare support workers
Recommendation: A registration system should be created under which no unregistered person should be permitted to provide for reward direct physical care to patients currently under the care and treatment of a registered nurse or a registered doctor (or who are …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Department of Health, Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, volume 2 (Cm 8777-II), November 2013
Gov response: Not accepted, however we intend to achieve the intention behind this by ensuring that organisations have the right staff with the right skills to deliver care in a safe way. The Government understands that the …
Not accepted
F208 — Strengthening identification of healthcare support workers and nurses
Recommendation: Commissioning arrangements should require provider organisations to ensure by means of identity labels and uniforms that a healthcare support worker is easily distinguishable from that of a registered nurse.
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 in principle. We agree that patients should be clear on the role of people caring for them, for example through identity labels, clear job titles and uniforms. Many organisations already do this. However, the …
Accepted in part
In progress
F207 — Strengthening identification of healthcare support workers and nurses
Recommendation: There should be a uniform description of healthcare support workers, with the relationship with currently registered nurses made clear by the title.
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 in principle. This is a complex issue as healthcare support workers carry out a number of different tasks in varied roles, so a uniform description can be difficult. The Cavendish Review80 recommends that once …
Accepted in part
In progress
BRIS-186 — Require all surgeons operating on children to obtain paediatric qualification and revalidation
Recommendation: All surgeons who operate on children, including those who also operate on adults, must undergo training in the care of children and obtain a recognised professional qualification in the care of children. As matter of priority, the GMC, the body …
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In progress
BRIS-184 — Ensure children are cared for in paediatric environments by qualified professionals
Recommendation: Children should always (save in exceptional circumstances, such as emergencies) be cared for in a paediatric environment, and always by healthcare professionals who hold a recognised qualification in caring for children. This is especially so in relation to paediatric intensive …
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In progress