First report 16 Sep 2016•Latest report 18 Nov 2025
Recipient record
Reports, concerns and published responses
Private and voluntary organisations · Maritime sector body. This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.
Reports
2
Naming this recipient
Published responses
50%
Found for named reports
Concerns addressed
9
Across all linked responses
Stated actions
8
Described in responses
Reports over time
Reports over time
Reports naming this recipient by issue year.
Evidence profile
Report topics
Share of this recipient’s reports compared with all other recipients.
50%published responses found
8stated actions described
Topic comparisons are not available in the current evidence snapshot.
Concerns and recipient responses
Statements from British Sub-Aqua Club linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
West Sussex, Brighton and Hove
Concerns raised1
Overreliance on self-declaration questionnaires without further enquiry or access to previous medical history
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statements
No action or position from this recipient is clearly linked to the concerns in this report.
Leicester City and South Leicestershire
Concerns raised9
Failure to match permitted dive depth to diver experience and currency
Failure to properly plan dives
Training failing to comply with BSAC Sports Diver training requirements
Failure to conduct the DSMB inflation exercise at the required training depth
Permitting instruction by divers without necessary qualifications and experience
Foreseeable risk of difficult release from the belt configuration
Failure to complete written dive risk assessments
Failure to read important safety information displayed at the dive centre
Lack of training and practice records
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.8
Action
Remind instructors to follow Diver Training Programme guidance for skills through Instructor News.
Stated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 16 September 2016.
Action
Introduce signed individual-skills records within the revised Diver Training Programme to improve training completion records.
Stated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 16 September 2016.
Action
Continue educating divers and instructors about dive planning through member emails, instructor bulletins and SCUBA Magazine articles.
Stated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 16 September 2016.
Action
Distribute a table reminding instructors of qualification requirements for teaching each Diver Training grade.
Stated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 16 September 2016.
Action
Develop a digital platform integrating training records so instructors, students, branches and BSAC can record skill completion online.
Stated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 16 September 2016.
Action
Review website risk-assessment information and assess interactive materials through the new digital platform.
Stated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 16 September 2016.
Action
Remind instructors through Instructor News to teach weightbelt removal as required by the Diver Training Programme.
Stated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 16 September 2016.
Action
Produce guidance explaining the importance of weightbelt removal.
Stated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 16 September 2016.
Respondent positions A position is what this recipient says about the concern when it does not describe a specific action.6
Position
Site signs were considered awareness measures, while operators acknowledged their warnings were overly cautious for year-round cold-water DSMB practice.
Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.
Position
Progressing from 16.5 to 20 metres after a gap was not considered unreasonable, and no evidence showed the recommendation posed diver risk.
Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.
Position
The weightbelt and BCD configuration was considered uncommon as a safety concern.
Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.
Position
Conducting Sports Diver lessons out of sequence was considered reasonable because prerequisite skills are taught at Ocean Diver level.
Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.
Position
Existing training requires practising removal of divers’ own and buddies’ weightbelts at every stage and encourages regular practice.
Existing arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.
Position
No single or simple message could highlight the specific dive-planning concern because dives vary with conditions and individual skills.
Unable to actThe respondent said that a constraint prevented them from taking the relevant action.
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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations