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In UK public law, the duty of candour is the duty imposed on a public authority "not to seek to win [a] litigation at all costs but to assist the court in reaching the correct result and thereby to improve standards in public administration." [1] Lord Donaldson MR in R v Lancashire County Council ex p.
The statutory duty of candour now applies to all health care organisations in England that are registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Duty of Candour regulations were introduced in Scotland in 2018 [8] and became law in Wales in April 2023. [9]
In January 2014, he supported a wide definition for the statutory duty of candour which was recommended by the Francis Report. [ 13 ] The Government originally intended the duty to be limited to cases of "severe harm" – when a patient had been killed or left permanently disabled, as a wider reporting requirement could inundate organisations ...
A damning report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found that Doncaster-based Elements Medical was inadequate in every area it inspected. Cosmetic clinic that secretly filmed patients is ...
The deaths of Child O and Child P on successive days in 2016 led to the removal of the nurse from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care providers in England. It was formed from three predecessor organisations: the Healthcare Commission
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