Ensure patients receive acknowledgement, explanation, and apology when care goes wrong

BRIS-33

BRIS-35

BRIS-34 Response Historic

Recommendation

When things go wrong, patients are entitled to receive an acknowledgement, an explanation and an apology.

Jurisdiction

UK-wide

Historic

No government response recorded.

Report Bristol Heart Inquiry — Final Report 18 Jul 2001

Duty of Candour implementation

Recommendation age 25.0 yrs

Last formal update No formal updates