Organisational duty of candour: guidance

This guidance focuses on the implementation of the legal duty of candour procedure for health, care or social work services.


Annex G

Professional regulators guidance

Joint statement from the Chief Executives of statutory regulators of healthcare professionals: https://www.gmc-uk.org/Joint_statement_on_the_professional_duty_of_candour_FINAL.pdf_58140142.pdf

General Medical Council/Nursing & Midwifery Council – Openness and honesty when things go wrong: the professional duty of candour: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-publications/openness-and-honesty-professional-duty-of-candour.pdf

General Chiropractic Council – Guidance on Candour: https://www.gcc-uk.org/UserFiles/Docs/Guidance/GCC-Guidance-Candour-FINAL.pdf

General Dental Council – Being open and honest with patients when something goes wrong: https://www.gdc-uk.org/api/files/Duty%20of%20Candour.pdf

General Optical Council – Supplementary guidance on the professional duty of candour: http://www.optical.org/filemanager/root/site_assets/standards/new_standards_documents/supplementary_guidance_on_the_professional_duty_of_candour.pdf

General Osteopathic Council – Standards of Practice: http://www.osteopathy.org.uk/standards/osteopathic-practice/

General Pharmaceutical Council – Standards for pharmacy professionals: https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/sites/default/files/standards_for_pharmacy_professionals_may_2017.pdf

Scottish Social Services Council – Codes of Practice http://www.sssc.uk.com/about-the-sssc/multimedia-library/publications/37-about-the-sssc/information-material/61-codes-of-practice/1020-sssc-codes-of-practice-for-social-service-workers-and-employers

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