AvMA: Only 2 in 5 see the Duty of Candour as being clear – why? (11 December 2024)

Summary

Paul Whiteing, Chief Executive of AvMA, reflects on the Department of Health and Social Care's recently published, much-awaited, outcome of their call for evidence on the statutory Duty of Candour – a statutory obligation requiring honesty and openness from healthcare providers, first introduced 10 years ago.

The Department outlined in considerable detail the responses from 261 people and organisations, including AvMA. However, just two in five respondents thought the purpose of the statutory Duty of Candour is clear and well understood