Patient Disclosure
The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 was signed into law in May 2023 and has commenced in September 2024.
The Act introduces a legal requirement to disclose a list of specific incidents called ‘notifiable incidents’.
These notifiable incidents are described in the Act such as misdiagnosis, etc. The Act requires health service providers to be open and transparent with patients, their families, or both depending on the patient’s wishes.
The Act outlines a process for such open disclosure giving patients and their families much needed information which in previous times caused great hardship to receive. The Act also requires mandatory notification of the notifiable incidents to the appropriate regulatory body.
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