After Francis: doing justice: This report highlights urgent changes which could make a difference to patient care post-Francis. Recommendations include: a legal duty of honesty; an end to “gagging” clauses for departing staff;
whistle-blowing protection rights for patients and their families; legal rights for patients to participate in producing a care plan; a legal right to an independent advocate for the most vulnerable patients; as well as ring-fenced funding for local Healthwatch organisations, and the replacement of restrictions which could potentially constrain their freedom to comment on policy.
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