Commentary on Sections Part 3: Duty of candour Section 5 – Primary care providers: duty to prepare report
19.This section requires a primary care provider to prepare an annual report on whether the duty of candour has come into effect in relation to health care provided by the provider. The section sets out what information the report must contain (but it can include other information).
20.Where a primary care provider has provided health care on behalf of two or more local health boards in a particular financial year, this section will require the provider to prepare a separate report in respect of each local health board.