Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Changes health law so hospitals and other health providers must openly tell patients, and where appropriate their families, when a patient safety incident has happened, rather than leaving disclosure voluntary. It also requires any later information about the incident to be passed on to the patient as soon as reasonably possible. The aim is to improve honesty, accountability and trust in the health system, and to reduce the culture of silence around mistakes.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for mandatory open disclosure of a patient safety incident, to introduce a mandatory requirement that the patient be provided with any additional information which later becomes available and for that purpose to amend the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017 and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 13 February 2020