17. Refusal, by patient or relevant person, to participate in open disclosure of patient safety incident
Amendments (requiring commencement) by Sch. 2 to the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 (No. 10), published 2 May 2023.
(1) Nothing in this Part shall require a patient or a relevant person, or where section 12(c) applies, both of them, to engage with the health services provider in the open disclosure of a patient safety incident.
(2) Where a health services provider informs a patient or a relevant person that the provider proposes to hold an open disclosure meeting and the patient or relevant person does not want to attend that open disclosure meeting, the patient or relevant person shall inform that provider that he or she -
(a) will not attend the open disclosure meeting,
(b) does not wish to receive the information which is to be provided at that meeting, and
(c) does not wish to receive, having regard to section 14(1)(a) and section 14(4), any additional information that may be provided (or apology that may be made) pursuant to section 18.