Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023

Obligation to make an open disclosure of Part 5 review

37. (1) Where a Part 5 review has been carried out in respect of a patient, the health services provider shall, subject to sections 50 and 51 , hold a Part 5 review disclosure meeting in order to make the open disclosure of the review to the patient or relevant person (or both of them) as specified in section 39 .

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a health services provider is satisfied that a Part 5 review has been carried out but not all of the information relating to the review is available, the health services provider shall make the open disclosure of the Part 5 review under subsection (1) notwithstanding the absence of some of that information.