Guidance on Statutory Duty of Candour
Unequivocal guidance should be issued by the Department to all Trusts and their legal advisors detailing what is expected of Trusts in order to meet the statutory duty.
- As the statutory duty of candour has not been enacted, the guidance required by this recommendation cannot be issued in its intended statutory form.
- No further published evidence of progress has been identified since 2018.
How was this evidence gathered?
Response
Accepted
Response
AcceptedGuidance being developed in conjunction with statutory duty of candour legislation.
Being considered alongside duty of candour legislation development.
Published Evidence
Published assessments of progress from inspectorates, select committees, official progress reports, and other sources. Source type badge indicates whether each assessment is independent or government self-reported.
Guidance on statutory duty of candour cannot be issued as the statutory duty itself has not been enacted.
View detailed findings
Without a statutory duty of candour in NI, the guidance that recommendation 3 requires to accompany it cannot be finalised. A Being Open Framework exists but this is non-statutory guidance, not guidance on a statutory duty.