02 March 2017 02 Mar 2017

Duty of candour

Following the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, where there was a gross failure to review and take action on patient safety incidents and listen to concerns raised by the public, a public inquiry (Francis, 2013) recommended that all health care providers have a statutory duty of candour (DOC) with their service users when a reportable patient safety incident has occurred that has resulted in death, severe harm, moderate harm or prolonged psychological harm