Recurring concern
Failure to maintain training records that verify staff competence
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Request correctionFirst reported 14 Jul 2014•Latest report 13 Nov 2024
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.
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.
- Reports
- 11
- Individual concerns
- 11
- Date range
- 2014–2024
- Stated actions
- 13
Distinct published reports
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Described in published responses
Reports over time
Reports 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.
Concerns and responses across reports
Only concerns grouped under this recurring concern are included. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
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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.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response 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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Action
Provide recurring risk-management training for registered and unregistered staff, with ward-specific policy training and induction for new staff.
Stated by Devon Partnership NHS Trust -
Action
Review the inpatient Engagement and Safety Policy, then deliver local ward-based training and collect evidence of completion.
Stated by Devon Partnership NHS Trust
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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Position
Existing policies, standards and guidance address the concerns; new standards are not required, though further assurance actions will be implemented.
Stated by Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Data last updated 7 September 2026