Candour Source Layer

Use this page for candour evidence across provider duties, professional duties, and UK nation-specific organisational candour frameworks.

Source-Layer Position

Candour is not a single UK-wide operational rule. The current evidence supports England CQC Regulation 20 for registered providers, Welsh statutory candour provisions, Scottish organisational duty of candour, professional candour duties through GMC/NMC material, and a Northern Ireland boundary where current evidence supports consultation / Being Open direction rather than a confirmed enacted statutory equivalent in this wiki.

Nation And Role Split

Layer	Current wiki handling
England provider duty	Use CQC Regulation 20 and provider guidance for notifiable safety incidents, notification, apology, written follow-up, correspondence, and records.
Wales organisational duty	Use Welsh quality and engagement / duty-of-candour sources for Welsh NHS body proof.
Scotland organisational duty	Use Scottish organisational duty of candour legislation, regulations, and current guidance for Scottish proof.
Northern Ireland boundary	Use local HSC Being Open / policy evidence unless a later source proves enacted statutory status.
Professional candour	Use GMC and NMC professional candour sources for individual professional duties.

What It Does Not Prove

Candour evidence does not prove general record quality, provider registration, clinical safety, data protection, DSIC compliance, or supplier implementation. It only defines the incident openness, explanation, apology, follow-up, correspondence, and learning records that may be required.

Deployment Evidence Needed

For digital workflows, prove incident classification, duty-of-candour trigger handling, notification templates, apology/follow-up correspondence capture, review/action-plan workflow, audit trail, reporting, and nation-specific policy alignment.