Question follow-through · 75553
Mental Health Services: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with leaders of mental health services on meeting the requirements of the statutory duty of candour.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Oct 2025 · 34 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with leaders of mental health services on meeting the requirements of the statutory duty of candour.
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government is supportive of the review it inherited into the effectiveness of the statutory duty of candour for health and social care providers. Our aim is to ensure that all providers, including mental health trusts, and their leaders act upon the d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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