Recurring concern
Failure to maintain training records that verify staff competence
- Reports that mention this concern
- 11
- Times this concern has been raised
- 11
- Stated actions linked to this concern
- 13
What this concern includes
Includes failures to create, maintain, update, retain or make available records of staff training or competence assurance where the records are needed to verify readiness for safety-critical work, including prisoner-facing contractor staff and nurses undertaking clinical tasks.
What is not included
- Excludes failures to provide training where the training-record process is not itself deficient.
- Excludes generic clinical, care or workforce record-keeping failures that do not concern records verifying staff training or competence.
- Excludes records of patient, prisoner or resident care, observations, incidents or other operational activity unless the material issue is verification of staff training or competence.
- Excludes competence or supervision failures where no training-record or competence-record deficiency is identified.
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 11 reports
See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response
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Concerns raised1
Failure to maintain records of staff training in risk assessments and observation procedures
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Devon Partnership 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.2
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Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Provide recurring risk-management training for registered and unregistered staff, with ward-specific policy training and induction for new staff.
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Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Review the inpatient Engagement and Safety Policy, then deliver local ward-based training and collect evidence of completion.
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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Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Existing policies, standards and guidance address the concerns; new standards are not required, though further assurance actions will be implemented.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.
Data last updated 7 September 2026