Recurring concern
Failure to incorporate relevant collateral and professional views into clinical assessment
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Request correctionFirst reported 13 Jan 2014•Latest report 6 Feb 2026
What this concern includes
Includes failures to obtain, communicate, reconcile or consider relevant collateral or professional views as part of a clinical assessment or consequential clinical evaluation, including views from parents, nursing staff and treating doctors about the patient's presentation, condition or fitness.
Not included
- Excludes generic communication or workplace-culture deficiencies where relevant views are not material to a clinical assessment.
- Excludes failures to act after relevant views were obtained and considered, unless the assessment process itself was also deficient.
- Excludes routine family involvement, multidisciplinary coordination or specialist consultation where the asserted unsafe condition is not failure to incorporate relevant views into the clinical assessment.
- Excludes assessment failures involving only missing records, inadequate examination or unsuitable assessment location when no failure to consider relevant collateral or professional views is identified.
- Reports
- 17
- Individual concerns
- 17
- Date range
- 2014–2026
- Stated actions
- 33
Distinct published reports
A report can raise multiple concerns
First to latest report issue date
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 of operational procedures to ensure nurses' concerns are taken into account in specialist evaluation and detention decisions
This report raised 8 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.
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 communicate relevant preliminary examination information to Doctors
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.1
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Action
Reinforce nurses’ recording of relevant care and notification of reviewing clinicians, including through local nursing induction.
Stated by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Concerns raised1
Failure to incorporate family information into falls risk assessment
This report raised 25 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.
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 obtain and properly consider relevant information from parents
This report raised 11 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.1
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Action
Review the Paediatric IPOC and require documentation of communication needs and disability-related communication limitations.
Stated by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Concerns raised1
Failure to obtain collateral history from family members before concluding the interview
This report raised 12 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.1
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Action
Pilot the mental health assessment proforma and make it available to mental health colleagues.
Stated by Whittington Health NHS Trust
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Concerns raised1
Failure to reconcile reassurance about mood stabilisation with recent concerns about wellbeing
This report raised 3 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.
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 of assessing doctors to take into account treating doctors’ views
This report raised 1 other concern. 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.
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
The existing division between Atos-trained healthcare professionals and GPs is retained because each has a distinct role and GPs generally lack relevant assessment expertise.
Stated by Department for Work and Pensions
Data last updated 7 September 2026