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 Craighead Early Years Centre.

• Local authority centre with the registered capacity for 40 children at any one time
• Linked to Craighead Primary School
• Term-time day care of children provided between the hours of 9am and 3pm
• 9 Early Years staff, 1 teacher & 1 housekeeper.

Procedures to follow in the case of an Incident where duty of candour would be actioned:

• All incidents reported to HT/ DHT 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
  
  

1. How many incidents happened 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
   
   
2. If so, have the correct persons been notified?
   
   N/A
   
   

Duty of Candour produced on: January 2025
Created by: Lynne Stewart - HT
To be reviewed on: January 2026