Incident Management Policy Including Serious Incidents Requiring ...

Where an incident meets the requirements for an independent investigation, the SHA willadvise the provider organisation and the Commissioning PCT.The SHA will convene a start up meeting with the provider organisation, the CommissioningPCT, the appointed independent investigation organisation, police liaison officer, localauthority representative and any other key stakeholders.The independent investigators will conduct their investigation in accordance with nationalguidance. The independent investigators will provide monthly updates to the SHA.In accordance with the timeframes in the National Framework for Reporting and Learningfrom Serious Incidents Requiring Investigation, the independent investigation report will beconcluded within 26 weeks/ 6 months from the date of commissioning. Such timeframesmay be adjusted by local agreement.An action plan to address any recommendations made by the Independent Investigationshould be put in place, time-framed and monitored by the Commissioning PCT.incident management policy 2011 with SUI v3 FINAL 48/51