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 Hillhead EYC

• Local authority centre with the registered capacity for 109 children at any one time

• Linked to Hillhead PS

• Extended Year day care of children provided between the hours of 8am and 6pm

• Early Years staff members- 29.

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

• All incidents reported to HT/ DHOC 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.

How many incidents have occurred to which the Duty of Candour applies?

There have been 0 incidents between January 2025 and January 2026 to which Duty of Candour has applied.

If so, have the correct persons been notified?

N/A

Duty of Candour produced on: January 2026
Created by: Adele Loughran
To be reviewed on: January 2027