Topic: Open disclosure
Document Owner: National quality improvement team
National Group: National quality and patient safety directorate
Effective From: 12 December 2018
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There is now also a new statutory process of voluntary open disclosure of patient safety incidents (for convenience, referred to here as “Civil Liability Act (CLA) Open Disclosure”). CLA Open Disclosure is a process set out in legislation called the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act, 2017. It commenced on 22nd September 2018 and provides important protections regarding information and apologies given during the CLA Open Disclosure process.