Doctors say criminal sanctions in new open disclosure law will 'generate fear'
Healthcare providers will have a duty to disclose serious patient safety incidents and failure to comply could result in a fine or imprisonment.
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Healthcare providers will have a duty to disclose serious patient safety incidents and failure to comply could result in a fine or imprisonment.
‘Open disclosure’ made headlines in recent months due to the CervicalCheck controversy.
What are the obligations to tell a patient when a mistake has been made in their healthcare?
“The director of patient safety is somebody I want to run into in the lift every other day, it’s not somebody I want to meet in a formal meeting once every two months or six months.”
The move follows revelations about the deaths of four babies at Portlaoise Hospital.