title: The duty of candour: what it means for practising nurses.
abstract: Nurses now have a statutory and professional duty to be open and candid with patients about any errors in their care and treatment. A professional duty of candour is a key requirement of the revised Code from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015). Nurses are also subject to a statutory duty of candour imposed on their employer. In this article, the author considers the statutory and professional duties of candour and their impact on nurses.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Accountability; Failure to report concerns; Professional duty of candour; Statutory duty of candour