The Hillsborough Law: Implications for Adult Social Care Providers
The Hillsborough Law: Implications for Adult Social Care Providers
Following a decades long campaign by the families affected by the Hillsborough disaster, the Public Office (Accountability) Bill (‘the Bill’), or ‘the Hillsborough Law’, has been introduced to Parliament.
The Bill aims to address historic institutional failures to act openly and honestly during inquests, inquiries and investigations involving the state, but how does the proposed legislation affect adult social care providers in England and Wales who are already subject to statutory duties of candour?
For providers, the Bill raises important questions about how regulatory, coronial and public law obligations intersect—and how decisions taken at an early stage may later be scrutinised in multiple forums.
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