Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017
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Chapter 2 Open disclosure of a patient safety incident | ||
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Open disclosure of patient safety incident | ||
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9. Where a health services provider discloses, in accordance with this Part, at an open disclosure meeting, to— | ||
(a) a patient that a patient safety incident has occurred in the course of the provision of a health service to him or her, | ||
(b) a relevant person that a patient safety incident has occurred in the course of the provision of a health service to the patient concerned, or | ||
(c) a patient and a relevant person that a patient safety incident has occurred in the course of the provision of a health service to the patient, | ||
that disclosure shall be treated as an open disclosure by the health services provider of that patient safety incident and section 10 shall apply to— | ||
(i) the information, in respect of the patient safety incident, provided to the patient or relevant person (or both of them) at the open disclosure meeting, additional information provided at the additional information meeting and information provided in a clarification under section 19 , | ||
(ii) an apology, in respect of the patient safety incident, where an apology is made at that meeting, or the additional information meeting. |