Moves proposed to make NHS a 'beacon of care' following Mid Staffs hospital scandal include giving patients named consultant Link to video: NHS hospitals will have ‘duty of candour’ to patients Hospitals could be hit with financial penalties if they cover up mistakes that cause injury, and patients are to be given a named consultant during their stay in an attempt to improve the safety of care across the NHS, the government announced on Tuesday. Ministers also plan to legally oblige hospitals to tell patients or relatives if treatment has harmed or killed someone through a new statutory "duty of candour" on providers of care. Doctors, nurses and all other NHS staff will also be put under a...
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