The Operating Theatre Journal May 2022

NMC and GMC
refresh duty of
candour guidance
The NMC and General Medical
Council (GMC) have collaborated
to refresh our professional duty of
candour guidance.
Recently we’ve refreshed our
professional duty of candour
guidance, which sets out
professionals’ responsibility to
be open and honest about what
happened when things go wrong
in health and care. The guidance
is a collaboration between the
NMC and the GMC, and was first
published in 2015.
The refreshed version of the
guidance includes updates about
reporting systems, terminology,
and the support available to
health and care professionals.
However it hasn’t created any
new or additional requirements
for professionals.
The professional duty of candour
applies to all health and care
professionals. Our guidance
supports nurses, midwives and
nursing associates to address
concerns, speak up and reflect on
their actions, helping to promote
a culture of openness.
There are two parts to our
guidance:
1. Nurses, midwives and nursing
associates have a duty to be
open and honest with the
people who use services,
and those close to them. This
includes explaining when and
why things have gone wrong,
and apologising to them.
2. Professionals also have a duty
to report incidents, and be
open and honest with their
colleagues, managers, and
employers. This might include
their health board, trust or
head office, and the NMC.
Professor Geraldine Walters CBE,
Executive Director of Professional
Practice, said:
“It’s vital that health and care
professionals understand their
responsibility to be open and
honest with people who use
services, their employers, and
the NMC. This will help us all to
understand how and why things
went wrong, and avoid similar
incidents in the future.
“The Code and this guidance
will help nursing and midwifery
professionals to understand and
apply the duty of candour. This
will help ensure that people who
use services receive the care
they deserve and have a right to
expect.”
Tessa Sanderson CBE takes the baton as Canon Medical
UK’s Business Ambassador
Six-time GB Olympian and the first black British woman to win Olympic gold champions the role of
diagnostic imaging in sports medicine
Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medallist for
javelin, Tessa Sanderson CBE, has been re-appointed
as Canon Medical Systems UK Business Ambassador
for 2022. She will be representing the Canon brand
during its role as ‘Official Imaging Supporter’ at the
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, while also
spearheading wider communication of how valuable
sports diagnostic imaging is from her personal and
professional experience.
Tessa has over 26 years’ track and field sporting
experience at the highest possible level and has
gained many accolades and held many business,
trade and sporting roles. These include Vice Chair
of Sports England, Sports Reporter with Sky News
and Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(CBE), the highest-ranking order of the British Empire
awarded by the Queen in recognition of her positive
work.
“The role of medical imaging in sports and exercise
medicine is invaluable today,” states Tessa Sanderson.
“The polyclinics, with Canon Medical imaging systems
inside, at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth
Games will be a fantastic opportunity for athletes
from around the world to have medical imaging
examinations. In some cases, many simply won’t have
access to this sort of care in their home countries.
This will help with understanding injury, rehabilitation
stages and learning more about the impact of sports
on their bodies.”
“When I was injured in 1981 by rupturing my Achilles
Tendon, I was out of action for two years. At that time,
there wasn’t the depth of sports medicine diagnostic
imaging we see today to provide a quick and detailed
diagnosis to get the right treatment. Taking time
out of training and competition is not a good thing
for professional and upcoming sports people. Today,
there is so much more access and innovation through
MRI, X-ray and ultrasound to understand injury,
prevention and rehabilitation to get people back into
their careers as fast as possible. This is so important
in modern sports,” Tessa adds.
Full Conference: £95
One Day: £60
Supported by:
Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold
medallist for javelin, Tessa Sanderson CBE, has
been re-appointed as Canon Medical Systems UK
Business Ambassador for 2022.
Mark Hitchman, Managing Director of Canon
Medical Systems UK states, “Tessa Sanderson’s
re-appointment as Canon Medical UK Business
Ambassador is most welcome for this incredible,
multi-sporting calendar year in the UK.
She brings a unique energy to our organisation that
fuses the important elements of sports, business
and health. Her role will be incredibly valuable to
help us communicate the importance of diagnostic
imaging to both elite and community-based sports
people and clinicians.”
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will
take place from 28 July to 8 August 2022 with
around 6,500 athletes and officials from 72 nations
and territories competing in 19 sports including
eight para-sports across 15 competition venues.
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