Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 24327
Doctors: Domestic Abuse
Tabled: 15 January 2025
Answered: 29 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Luke Myer
Labour — Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
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.
Answer
Karin SmythDoctors 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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