All healthcare professionals have a duty of candour – this is a professional responsibility to be honest when things go wrong.
This guidance on the professional duty of candour (Cymraeg) was produced in collaboration with the General Medical Council. It was refreshed in December 2024 to reflect the fact that the GMC had taken on board regulation of Physician Associates and Anaesthetic Associate’s, and recent changes to the statutory duty of candour on healthcare provider organisations in Wales.
This guidance complements the joint statement on the professional duty of candour by professional healthcare regulators (October 2014) and section 14 of the Code.
It focuses not only on the duty to be open and honest with patients but also on the need to be open and honest within organisations in reporting adverse incidents or near misses that may have led to harm.
Professionals, students and employers can find out more about the professional duty of candour and how to apply it in the slides from our webinar which took place 25 April 2022.
