The Duty of Candour underpins the Scottish Government’s commitment to openness and learning which is vital to the provision of the safe, effective and person-centred health and social care.
A Duty of Candour procedure should be followed when an unexpected or unintended incident has occurred, where the incident results in:
- Someone has died
- Someone has permanently less bodily, sensory, motor, physiologic or intellectual functions
- Someone’s treatment has increased because of harm
- The structure of someone’s body changes because of harm
- Someone’s life expectancy becomes shorter because of harm
- Someone’s sensory, motor or intellectual functions is impaired for 28 days or more
- Someone experienced pain or psychological harm for 28 days or more
- A person needed health treatment in order to prevent them dying
- A person needing health treatment in order to prevent other injuries
About Torrance EYC
- Local authority centre with the registered capacity for 40 children at any one time
- Linked to Torrance PS
- Extended Year day care of children provided between the hours of 8am and 6pm
- 15 Early Years staff members
Procedures to follow in the case of an Incident where duty of candour would be actioned:
- All incidents reported to HT/ DHOC and local authority
- Reported as necessary to Care Inspectorate and EDC Health & Safety
- Review of incident with involved staff
- Risk assessment carried out
- Adaptations carried out when necessary
- Wellbeing Support available for staff affected by incident
- Supports offered to children and families affected by incident
- How many incidents have occurred to which the Duty of Candour applies? There have been 0 incidents between January 2022 and January 2023 to which Duty of Candour has applied.
- If so, have the correct persons been notified?
N/A
Duty of Candour produced on: February 2023
Created by: Adele Loughran
To be reviewed on: January 2024
