Professional duty of candour – Guidance for radiologists (7 June 2022)

Summary

This guidance from The Royal College of Radiologists aims to provide radiologists with guidance on how to implement the duty of candour, recognising the unique circumstances they face. It includes real-world examples and provides an approach which will help radiologists navigate an unfamiliar process in the best possible way.

The guidance covers:

• The principles of candour
• Why this can be difficult in a radiological context
• Candour in different situations (reactive and proactive candour) and departmental disclosure policies
• Candour processes in practice
• The difference between discrepancy assessment and education/Radiology Events and Learning Meetings (REALM)
• Specific considerations (interventional radiology and remote reporting within an imaging network).