College responds to PSA questionnaire on professional duty of candour
22 May 2018

Fellows of the College have indicated that awareness of candour is significantly higher now than in the past. This is not limited to the duty of candour responsibilities, but also due to high profile cases in the media such as the Montgomery case in 2015, which was primarily about informed consent but still relevant in terms of candour.  Fellows feel that reference to candour has become more common place in conversations with patients and their relatives, during discussions in audit and quality improvement meetings, and generally in multi-disciplinary teams.

Consultation on the draft SIGN guideline
03 May 2018

The College is generally supportive of this draft guideline.

Guideline for Bronchiectasis in adults
03 May 2018

The College welcomed this guideline and is fully supportive of the principles put forward in the document.

Williams review into gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare
25 April 2018

The Professor Sir Norman Williams Review was set up to conduct a rapid policy review into the issues relating to gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare, in the wake of the Bawa-Garba case.

Call for views: Scottish Labour NHS and social care workforce commission
17 April 2018

Scottish Labour have called on health organisations to provide their views on their NHS and Social Care Workforce Commission

A draft health and care workforce strategy for England to 2027
27 March 2018

The NHS and Public Health England are consulting on the draft health and care workforce strategy for England to 2027

Consultation on introducing ‘opt-out’ consent for organ and tissue donation in England
27 March 2018

The College commented of the Department of Health's consultation on whether an 'opt-out' should be introduced for organ and tissue donation in England

Promoting human organ donation and transplantation in Northern Ireland
27 March 2018

Reflecting international best practice, activities to promote organ donation by Health and Social Care (HSC) organisations in Northern Ireland will focus on two primary objectives to be implemented through six key commitments to drive increased rates of organ donation in Northern Ireland.

Removing the Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards (SACDA) from the remit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life
07 March 2018

The Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life investigates complaints about the conduct of MSPs, local authority councillors and members of public bodies, and monitors how people are appointed to the boards of specified public bodies in Scotland

Safe care for adults with complex health needs survey
07 March 2018

Respondents were asked to suggest some questions that they would like PSTRC researchers to answer in order to make care safer for adults with complex health needs.