Duty of Candour Annual Report
The Duty of Candour underpins the Scottish Government’s commitment to openness and learning which is vital to the provision of the safe, effective and person-centred health and social care.
A Duty of Candour procedure should be followed when an unexpected or unintended incident has occurred, where the incident results in:
- Someone has died.
- Someone has permanently less bodily, sensory, motor, physiologic or intellectual functions.
- Someone’s treatment has increased because of harm.
- The structure of someone’s body changes because of harm.
- Someone’s life expectancy becomes shorter because of harm.
- Someone’s sensory, motor or intellectual functions is impaired for 28 days or more.
- Someone experienced pain or psychological harm for 28 days or more.
- A person needed health treatment in order to prevent them dying.
- A person needing health treatment in order to prevent other injuries.
About Castlehill EYC
- Local authority centre with the registered capacity for 100 of children at any one time.
- Linked to Castlehill Primary School.
- Extended Year Day care of children provided between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
- 22 Early Years staff.
Procedures to follow in the case of an Incident where duty of candour would be actioned:
- All incidents reported to HT/ HOC and local authority.
- Reported as necessary to Care Inspectorate and EDC Health & Safety.
- Review of incident with involved staff.
- Risk assessment carried out.
- Adaptations carried out when necessary.
- Wellbeing Support available for staff affected by incident.
- Supports offered to children and families affected by incident.
- How many incidents have occurred to which the Duty of Candour applies?
There have been 0 of incidents between January 2024 and January 2025 to which Duty of Candour has applied.
- If so, have the correct persons been notified?
N/A
Duty of Candour produced on: January 2025
Created by:Stephanie MacPherson Depute Head of Centre
To be reviewed on: January 2026
