The duty of candour is about what happens if there is an unintended or unexpected incident within an organisation that results in death, severe harm, or other serious consequences specified in the
act.

The focus of the duty of candour legislation is to ensure that Early Years settings take specific steps when a serious adverse event happens, they will need to let the people affected know, offer to meet with them, and apologise. This is an important part of being open with people who experience care, and also learning from things that go wrong.

Settings must, by law, produce a short annual report showing their learning from any incidents that year, publish it and notify Care Inspectorate that it has been published.

Lainshaw ECC Duty of Candour Statement 2021-2022 (click on words to access document)