Training and support8

1

The responsible body must ensure that the members of staff specified in paragraph (2) receive relevant training and guidance on the candour procedure.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the members of staff are—

a

those involved in the provision of health care;

b

those involved in investigating or managing notifiable adverse outcomes;

c

any other relevant members of staff who are involved in performing or exercising functions in connection with the candour procedure.

3

The responsible body must provide a member of staff who is involved in a notifiable adverse outcome with details of any services of which the responsible body is aware which may provide assistance or support to any such member of staff, taking into account—

a

the circumstances relating to the notifiable adverse outcome, and

b

the member of staff’s needs.

4

In this regulation, a “member of staff” is any person who works for an NHS body, whether under a contract of employment, a contract for services or as a volunteer, or agency workers (within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Agency Workers Regulations 20106) working under the supervision and direction of an NHS body.