Duty of Candour: The Legal issues and Liabilities

This course will explain and discuss the statutory duty of candour in principle, in practice, and in context, using real examples of good and poor practice.

Openness, trust and good communication are at the core of the relationship between health and care professionals and their patients / families. But the duty of candour is widely misunderstood, and often misapplied, which can leave practitioners feeling exposed and patients / families feeling frustrated and, perhaps, push them towards other legal processes to get answers.

This course will help attendees to understand the relationship between the statutory and professional duties of candour, in the wider context of the importance of good communication and the reasons why complaints and claims are made.

We will look at each element of the legal test for a notifiable safety incident to trigger the duty of candour, and the next steps that are necessary, reflecting in particular on the importance of distinguishing fault and blame as irrelevant to the duty of candour.

Examples will be given of regulatory consequences where the duty of candour has not been implemented appropriately and we will discuss the part of the duty of candour that requires an apology to be given, and consider the legal implications of this as well as good practice and examples to avoid where a poor apology has made things worse.

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