Titles of those undertaking 'investigations' - Its all in the title or is it???????

Good morning 

I am wondering if anyone has a view/can share the titles being used for those staff who undertake local investigations/learning reviews (non PSII's but could be safety priorities) and those who are assigned to only undertake PSII's. Here they want to insist on the title 'Learning response leads' for those undertaking local investigations/learning reviews (they are the staff expected to do SEIP 'around-tables' and are clinic/operational staff predominantly band 7 & some above) & the Corporate Patient Safety Investigators (band 7's) solely employed to undertake the PSII's/thematic reviews as 'Lead Investigators'.

NHSE -   definition 'Learning response leads should have an appropriate level of seniority and influence within an organisation – this may depend on the nature and complexity of the incident and response required, but it is recommended that learning responses are led by staff at Band 8a and above'.  NHS England » Patient safety incident response standards

My 'discussion' has been be careful with that title given the NHSE def & all the expectation of training. For local investigators - our SEIPS is only 1 day (exhausting) and then patient safety 1 & 2 as a pre-requisite. Our PSII's investigator have undertaken training to HSSIB level & beyond. I am already saying lots of us challenged the 8a status in the 'real world' which has led to variation in PSII investigators being employed at 7 & 8a across England including within regional variation.

Thoughts & sharing re titles used would be really helpful................................ as documents and patient information will need to adapted/explanations given if we cannot use the simple title of 'Investigator' - my questions is also patients/families just want to understand what has happened / their incident looked at. 

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