Candour Flashcards
1
Q
what does the GDC say about duty of candour
A
you must be open and honest with patients if thigns go wrong
a. put matters right
b. offer an apology
c. explain what has happened and short and long term effects
1
Q
what is duty of candour
A
volunteering of all relevant information to a person who has been harmed by the provision of services
2
Q
what triggers a statutory duty fo candour
A
- if patient safety incident was unintented or unexpected
- incident result in death/ severe harm
- patient safety rather than natural course of patients illness
3
Q
what is harm, which is not ‘severe harm’
A
increase in patients treatment
changes to structure of patients body
impairment of function
pain or psychological harm
4
Q
professional duty of individual
A
a. put matters right
b. offer an apology
c. exaplain fully what happend and short and loong term effects
