Part 4: The Health Services Safety Investigations Body Protection of Material Held by the HSSIB Schedule 14: Prohibition on disclosure of HSSIB material: exceptions Disclosures relating to safety risks
Paragraph 4 of the Schedule provides that the HSSIB, or a connected individual, may disclose protected material to an individual where the Chief Investigator reasonably believes that disclosure is necessary to address a serious and continuing risk to the safety of any patient or to the public.
	However, the HSSIB may disclose no more than is necessary, to enable the person in receipt of the protected material to take steps to address the risk. The protected material may only be disclosed to an individual who the Chief Investigator reasonably believes is in a position to address that risk. For example, where the HSSIB has evidence of negligent behaviour by a medical professional, which may risk the safety of patients and considers that the employer is able to take steps to address the risk it could only disclose information which is sufficient to enable the employer to take those steps e.g. perhaps to enable it to carry out their own investigation/internal process.