The law could force health staff to be open with patients and their families when mistakes are made.
Healthcare staff in Northern Ireland may be legally obliged to be open with patients and families when mistakes are made, under new duty of candour plans pledged by Health Minister Mike Nesbitt.
He said that if the NI legislative programme permitted, it was "my ambition that legislation will be introduced before the end of this mandate".Mr Nesbitt was speaking at the Northern Ireland Assembly, in the wake of an Alliance Party motion that backed the need for a duty of candour in the healthcare system.
He added: "In the vast majority of cases, openness and honesty, as well as a relentless commitment to patients and their safety, is evident in every ward and through every service in Northern Ireland." The British Medical Association has said the concept of criminal sanctions is unworkable, adding that the Department of Health got it wrong when it linked sanctions with duty of candour in the same sentence in a 2021 consultation.
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