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Alun Sheppard · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 13 Jun 2014•North Wales (East and Central)

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Failure to balance patient confidentiality with familial support for recovery
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  1. Position

    Existing confidentiality procedures and capacity-based decision-making are considered sufficient to balance confidentiality with appropriate familial involvement and support.

    Stated by Betsi Cadwaladr University LHBExisting arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.

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Failure to balance patient confidentiality with familial support for recovery

Wider context from the report

“Effectively the concern in this case revolves around whether the Health Board are able to balance the patient's right to confidentiality whilst also seeking to optimize the prospect of recovery by facilitating familial support. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Existing confidentiality procedures and capacity-based decision-making are considered sufficient to balance confidentiality with appropriate familial involvement and support.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The policy of the Health Board is to use a confidentiality form, a copy of which is enclosed. If a patient has capacity to make decisions about whether or not families or carers are involved in a patient's care planning and care, services are obliged to respect that decision unless there is an overriding public interest that merits disclosure of information. If a patient makes a capacious decision not to involve their family or carers in their care, mental health practitioners still have a responsibility to listen to any concerns and act upon them accordingly. If a patient is deemed to lack capacity, a disclosure of information needs to be based on a Best Interest Decision.”

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2014-0268-Response-by-NHS-Wales
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Published 13 June 2014

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