Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
There is also a duty of candour referred to in various contexts as a professional, contractual or statutory duty, [3] which is imposed on all NHS and non-NHS providers of services to NHS patients in the UK to 'provide to the service user and any other relevant person all necessary support and all relevant information' in the event that a ...
The “supposed” duty of candour in the NHS was “certainly not honoured” by the Countess of Chester Hospital, the parents of two triplet boys murdered by Lucy Letby have told a public inquiry.
Healthcare staff in Northern Ireland may be legally obliged to be open with patients and families when mistakes are made, under new duty of candour plans pledged by Health Minister Mike Nesbitt.
The updates include new requirements on the fundamentals of care, the duty of candour, raising concerns and social media use. The introduction to the code states: “When joining our register, and then renewing their registration, nurses and midwives commit to upholding these standards.
An Act of the National Assembly for Wales [a] to make provision for a duty to secure improvement in the quality of health services provided under or by virtue of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006; for a duty of candour in respect of health services provided by or for NHS bodies; for the Citizen Voice Body for Health and Social Care ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the seventh-most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013, [11] and in 2015 the fifth. [12] In January 2014, he supported a wide definition for the statutory duty of candour which was recommended by the Francis Report. [13]
A report found ‘institutional defensiveness’ remained a problem and said a statutory duty of candour should be considered. Government must go further to encourage candour, Hillsborough Law ...