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Support for full duty of candour grows
January 7, 2014The General Medical Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council are the latest bodies to tell the review looking at the statutory Duty of Candour to include any significant harm. They join the CQC, Royal College of Nursing and leading patients’ organisations headed by AvMA. Read AvMA’s briefing on the Duty of Candour here. The review was […]
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CQC comes out against restriction of duty of candour
December 18, 2013The Board of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) today gave unequivocal support for the Duty of Candour to cover all incidents of significant harm. A review set up by Jeremy Hunt is currently considering whether or not to restrict the duty only to cases where death or severe permanent disability is known to have been […]
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Duty of candour: RCN and healthwatch join call to include all significant incidents
November 29, 2013The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Healthwatch England (the official national body for patients) have both called for the new statutory Duty of Candour to cover all incidents of significant harm. Jeremy Hunt agreed to review the previously intended restriction to fatal and severe harm/permanent disability cases after representations from AvMA. A range of bodies […]
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Jeremy hunt agrees to “think again” about restriction of duty of candour
November 19, 2013The so called “Duty of Candour” – one of the flagship policies announced today by Jeremy Hunt in response to the Francis report on Mid Staffordshire – is to be re-thought following pressure from AvMA. AvMA and other patients’ groups were furious that the duty of candour – a legal duty on healthcare organisations to […]
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New offence of “wilful neglect”
November 16, 2013Watch AvMA CEO, Peter Walsh’s BBC Interview.