Throughout healthcare, professionals endeavour to deliver safe practice to all patients. However it is inevitable that occasionally unintentional incidents will occur where a patients’ care causes, or has the potential to cause harm to them. In these circumstances implementation of the duty of candour (DOC) (CQC,2015) is crucial to protect patients, preserve openness within healthcare services and maintain public trust in healthcare professionals (Griffith,2015). This essay will explore the candour regulations, its influence on how notifiable safety incidents are dealt with and its impact on student midwives.
In February 2013, Robert Francis published a report on the findings of the independent public inquiry he chaired following the appalling care provided at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (Francis,2013). Care provided caused vast suffering to numerous patients and their families. Incidents of neglectful care included; patients being handled roughly, given the wrong medication, being left parched and relatives were overlooked when indicating …show more content…
Therefore it was agreed an additional professional DOC be created in order to impose registered healthcare professionals with an individual duty to uphold openness and honesty values in practice (DOH,2014). In June 2015 the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the General Medical Council produced a guidance document which set out the expectations of every practicing doctor, nurse and midwife in the UK when something goes wrong (NMC&GMC,2015). The professional DOC is similar to the statutory DOC, however it applies directly to registered professionals and goes more into depth about specific information which must be discussed with a patient before any care or treatment and when an incident has
In February 2013, Robert Francis published a report on the findings of the independent public inquiry he chaired following the appalling care provided at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (Francis,2013). Care provided caused vast suffering to numerous patients and their families. Incidents of neglectful care included; patients being handled roughly, given the wrong medication, being left parched and relatives were overlooked when indicating …show more content…
Therefore it was agreed an additional professional DOC be created in order to impose registered healthcare professionals with an individual duty to uphold openness and honesty values in practice (DOH,2014). In June 2015 the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the General Medical Council produced a guidance document which set out the expectations of every practicing doctor, nurse and midwife in the UK when something goes wrong (NMC&GMC,2015). The professional DOC is similar to the statutory DOC, however it applies directly to registered professionals and goes more into depth about specific information which must be discussed with a patient before any care or treatment and when an incident has