Safety recommendation
It is recommended that the Department of Health and Social Care should co-ordinate the development of national guidance, with the arm’s length bodies, for the transfer of critically ill adults, both in planned and emergency situations.
Response:
The Department of Health and Social Care will take on a coordinating role alongside arms-length bodies to ensure that external stakeholders are appropriately consulted on the content of national guidance. We are currently conducting work to determine the scope of the updated guidance, and will provide HSIB with quarterly progress updates as work progresses to complete the scoping exercise and begin the process of producing updated guidance.
Response received on 23 April 2019.