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Doctors: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that doctors (a) should have a mandatory duty to report suspected cases abuse and neglect and (b) should be given immunity from suit after reporting such cases.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
29 Jan 2025
Answer
29 Jan 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that doctors (a) should have a mandatory duty to report suspected cases abuse and neglect and (b) should be given immunity from suit after reporting such cases.

  2. 29 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Doctors have a professional duty, in accordance with the General Medical Council’s Good medical practice, to act promptly if they think that patient safety is or may be seriously compromised. This includes ensuring a patient is receiving basic care to mee...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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