Recurring concern
Failure to ensure mandatory safety training is completed before safety-critical work
- Reports that mention this concern
- 10
- Times this concern has been raised
- 10
- Stated actions linked to this concern
- 15
What this concern includes
Includes failures of mandatory safety-training compliance controls, including timely completion, current-status monitoring, verification, escalation and preventing non-compliant personnel from undertaking safety-critical duties.
What is not included
- Excludes voluntary, developmental or general training where completion is not mandatory for the relevant safety-critical role or duty.
- Excludes deficiencies in the content or quality of training where the training-compliance process itself is not deficient.
- Excludes generic staffing, competence, supervision or workforce-capacity concerns that do not involve mandatory training compliance.
- Excludes training failures confined to a separately named safety system or hazard where that named system provides the more specific supported parent boundary.
Trends
Reports over time
Reports mentioning this concern, over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Reports and published responses 10 reports
See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response
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Concerns raised1
Non-mandatory medicines-administration refresher training for nurses
This report raised 18 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked responses
- NHS England
- the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Review the training framework, including whether management training should become mandatory and whether refresher training should be tracked and monitored.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.2
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NHS England
Education and training alone would not sufficiently mitigate recurrence; systems improvements and mechanisms are also required.
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NHS England
The hospital trust is responsible for providing the response and addressing the reported concerns through its governance arrangements and actions.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to ensure that clinical staff are up to date with required Life Support training before undertaking shifts
This report raised 1 other concern. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.6
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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Increase the Trust-wide ILS compliance target to 85% and monitor compliance through mandatory-training dashboards and governance reporting.
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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Provide additional ILS training sessions and adjust timetables to increase capacity, improve ward-staff access and reduce booking delays.
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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Escalate non-attendance at booked ILS courses to Ward Managers and Network Quality Leads to address attendance barriers and improve compliance.
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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Incorporate ILS compliance into ward rota planning to release staff for refresher training while maintaining appropriate staffing.
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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Extend ILS training to Bank staff and trainee doctors to increase the number of trained staff available on ward shifts.
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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Require and daily-monitor at least one ILS-trained nursing staff member on every inpatient ward shift, escalating staffing gaps.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to prevent staff non-compliant with mandatory training from working on inpatient wards
Linked responses
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Ministry of Justice
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Manage mandatory-training compliance using ward training trackers, monthly reviews, expiry alerts, booking support and escalation of non-compliant temporary staff.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.2
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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
A complete bar on staff lacking mandatory training is not implemented because it risks insufficient staffing levels on wards.
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Ministry of Justice
Operational concerns are assigned to HMPPS, whose Interim Director General of Operations has responsibility for responding to them.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to ensure midwives complete current mandatory training
This report raised 19 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked responses
- Department of Health and Social Care
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.2
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Map critical clinical training requirements across the Trust and ensure staff compliance.
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NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Seek monthly assurance on mandatory maternity-training compliance, including reasons for non-compliance and actions taken to protect patient safety.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Department of Health and Social Care
University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust and Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB will address specific changes arising from the report.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to ensure transport staffing complies with the CPR training requirement
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Premier Rescue Ambulance Service Ltd
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.2
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Premier Rescue Ambulance Service Ltd
Provide basic life-support and CPR training to all patient-conveying staff, including drivers, completing internal training as external certificates expire.
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Premier Rescue Ambulance Service Ltd
Establish an authorised internal training capacity by qualifying a staff member to train others within the company.
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Concerns raised1
Absence of mandatory comprehensive training for Firearms Enquiry Officers
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Inadequate systems for supervisors to monitor mandatory training attendance
This report raised 9 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Metropolitan Police Service
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
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Metropolitan Police Service
Progress an external-system change to produce and circulate monthly training-compliance reports to senior managers.
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Metropolitan Police Service
Reintroduce paper training cards recording officers’ latest approved Officer Safety or Emergency Life Support training attendance.
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Metropolitan Police Service
Issue local training data packs enabling commanders to identify officers requiring up-to-date training.
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Concerns raised1
Lack of mandatory spin recovery training before flying specific types of light aircraft and carrying out aerobatics
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Uncertainty about completion of physical intervention training by licensed door supervisors
This report raised 10 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to ensure and verify guide training in acute mountain sickness
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.
Data last updated 7 September 2026