Duty of Candour definition

Duty of Candour means the duty owed to patients under Regulation 20 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and equivalent professional obligations to be open and transparent with patients
Duty of Candour means a duty on health service providers to be open and
Duty of Candour. – which means being honest when things go wrong.

Examples of Duty of Candour in a sentence

  • The Duty of Candour is a legal requirement and CQC will be able to take enforcement action when it finds breaches.

  • The Duty of Candour requires all health and adult social care providers registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to be open with people when things go wrong.

  • The regulation for Duty of Candour applied to health service bodies from 27 November 2014.

  • Available at: www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com/report Regulation 20: Duty of Candour, Care Quality Commission.

  • The Duty of Candour was enacted into legislation, Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, on the 27th November 2014.

  • The regulations impose a specific and detailed duty on all providers where any harm to a service user from their care or treatment is above a certain harm threshold.The Duty of Candour is a legal requirement and CQC will be able to take enforcement action when it finds breaches.

  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust fully endorses the principles of being open and embraces the Duty of Candour.

  • The investigation report should fully detail the efforts the organisation has taken to ensure Duty of Candour has been adhered to.

  • The above recommendations and principles are supported by the Duty of Candour which ensures that providers of the NHS Health Services are open and honest with service users when things go wrong with care and treatment, and that they provide them with reasonable support, truthful information and a written apology.

  • Duty of Candour, meaning providers must be open and transparent with service users and their care and treatment, including when it goes wrong.


More Definitions of Duty of Candour

Duty of Candour means the Insured’s Statutory Duty of Candour, which shall include the obligations prescribed by the Health and Social Care 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
Duty of Candour means the Contractor’s obligation to be, amongst other things, open, transparent and candid with Service Users in connection with the Services that they receive from the Contractor
Duty of Candour means the duty set out in Health and Social Care Xxx 0000 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014: Regulation 20

Related to Duty of Candour

  • Company Patents means Patents owned by the Company or used or held for use by the Company in the Business.

  • Patent Applications means all published and unpublished nonprovisional and provisional patent applications, reexamination proceedings, invention disclosures and records of invention, applications for certificates of invention and priority rights, in any country and regardless of formal name, including without limitation, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, renewals, revivals, reissues, re-examinations and extensions thereof.

  • Patent means (a) all patents and patent applications in any country or supranational jurisdiction in the Territory, (b) any substitutions, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, provisional applications, reissues, renewals, registrations, confirmations, re-examinations, extensions, supplementary protection certificates and the like of any such patents or patent applications, and (c) foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing.

  • Licensee Patents means any Patents within the Control of Licensee as of the Effective Date and at any time during the Term relating to the Product.

  • Patent Family means all patents and patent applications that share a common priority application, excluding continuations in part, but including any divisionals, continuations, reissues, reexaminations, extensions, foreign counterparts or equivalents. For the avoidance of doubt, if any patent or patent application is subject to a terminal disclaimer with any other patent or patent application such patent or patent application and such other patent or patent application shall be deemed one (1) Patent Family for the purposes of this Agreement.

  • Inventors means Thomxx X. Xxxx, Xxthxx X. Xxxx xxx Michxxx X. Xxxn.

  • Joint Inventions has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

  • Collaboration Patents means any and all Patents that claim or cover any of the Collaboration Know-How.

  • Patent Application means an application for patent protection for a CRADA Subject Invention with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“U.S.P.T.O.”) or the corresponding patent-issuing authority of another nation.

  • Investigator means an individual who is:

  • Collaboration Patent Rights means Patent Rights claiming Collaboration Know-How.

  • Joint Patents means all Patents claiming any Joint Invention.

  • Collaboration IP means Collaboration Know-How and Collaboration Patents.

  • Patent Prosecution means the responsibility and authority for (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting applications (of all types) for any Patent, (b) paying, filing and maintenance fees relating to any Patent, (c) managing any interference, opposition, re-issue, reexamination, revocation, nullification, or cancellation proceeding relating to the foregoing, (d) deciding to abandon Patent(s) and (e) settling any interference, opposition, revocation, nullification or cancellation proceeding.

  • Patents means all patents, patent applications and like protections including without limitation improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions and continuations-in-part of the same.

  • Patent Rights means all patents and patent applications, including all divisionals, continuations, substitutions, continuations-in-part, re-examinations, reissues, additions, renewals, extensions, registrations, and supplemental protection certificates and the like of any of the foregoing.

  • Joint Patent Rights means Patent Rights that contain one or more claims that cover Joint Technology.

  • Joint Invention has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

  • Program Patents has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.2.

  • USPTO means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

  • Investigators means those persons authorised, appointed, consulted or approached by the Chairman of the Audit Committee and includes the Auditors of the Company and the Police.

  • Joint Technology means the Joint Know-How and the Joint Patent Rights.

  • Patent Right means: (a) an issued or granted patent, including any extension, supplemental protection certificate, registration, confirmation, reissue, reexamination, extension or restoration by existing or future extension or restoration mechanisms (including, without limitation, supplementary protection certificates or the equivalent thereof), or renewal thereof; (b) a pending patent application, including any continuation, divisional, continuation-in-part, substitute or provisional application thereof; and (c) all counterparts or foreign equivalents of any of the foregoing issued by or filed in any country or other jurisdiction.

  • Product Patents means any and all United States patents and patent applications, all divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, re-issues, extensions or foreign counterparts thereof, now or hereafter owned or controlled ("controlled" being used in the sense of having the right to grant licenses thereunder) by PERIMMUNE, covering the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale and/or importation of the Product, including but not limited to, the U.S. Patent No. 5,407,912 attached hereto as Exhibit B.

  • Inventor , in relation to an invention, means the actual deviser of the invention and “joint inventor” shall be construed accordingly;

  • Regulatory Filings means all applications, filings, dossiers and the like submitted to a Regulatory Authority in a particular jurisdiction for the purpose of obtaining Regulatory Approval of a Licensed Product from that regulatory authority with respect to such jurisdiction. Regulatory Filings shall include, but not be limited to, all INDs and Drug Approval Applications for Licensed Product.