Government backs down over Hillsborough Law - but is it far enough? Security services will lose their blanket exemption from a law to prevent cover-ups by public organisations - but will the Hillsborough families accept it?

The government has backed down on the Hillsborough Law. But is court oversight on exemptions real accountability or just enough to pass the Bill?
#HillsboroughLaw #DutyOfCandour #JusticeForThe97 #TheWhipLine #PoliticsLive
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Is Shabana Mahmood behind the delay in the Hillsborough Law? Campaigners for the Hillsborough Law have identified what they believe is the latest obstacle to progress — and it is Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

Campaigners now say Shabana Mahmood is blocking the Hillsborough Law. If true, this isn’t delay — it’s a political choice.
#HillsboroughLaw #DutyOfCandour #JusticeForThe97 #TheWhipLine
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'Hillsborough Law' delayed - because Labour now likes to lie? The proposed ‘Hillsborough Law’, creating a legal obligation for UK public authorities to tell the truth, is set to be delayed yet again.

Starmer promised a Hillsborough Law by April 2025. It’s now delayed again. When accountability is symbolic, it’s supported. When it becomes real, it’s blocked.
#HillsboroughLaw #DutyOfCandour #JusticeForThe97 #TheWhipLine #PoliticsLive
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🏛️"Legislation imposing a #DutyOfCandour on public bodies has been hard won." 🏛️

Elkan Abrahamson, one of the architects of the #HillsboroughLaw, sets out questions that have yet to be answered – will firms take on the work at current fee levels?

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Government abandons 'Hillsborough Law' that showed it can't be trusted to be honest The government has abandoned a proposed law to force a “duty of candour” on government and law enforcement authorities - but only where they decide it is safe for them - after it was rightly rejected ...

The government has abandoned its Hillsborough Law after campaigners exposed a ‘duty of candour’ that let the security services decide what truth was safe. That isn’t accountability — it’s control.
#HillsboroughLaw #DutyOfCandour #StateSecrecy #TheWhipLine
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If a member if the #SecurityServices is in any way responsible for a tragedy they don’t deserve protection. Their job is to prevent these.

#HillsboroughLaw
#StarmerShame
#DutyOfCandour should apply to MPs in the House of Commons too.

Hillsborough Law failure shows the UK state cannot be trusted when its authority is at stake A proposed law forcing government and law enforcement authorities to have a duty of candour - but only where they decide it is safe for them - has been rightly rejected by campaigners.

The Hillsborough Law is being gutted to protect the security services. Families are right to reject a ‘duty of candour’ riddled with loopholes. This is state self-preservation, not justice.
#HillsboroughLaw #DutyOfCandour #StateCoverUp #TheWhipLine
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The Justice4Patients group called this “an important point in our 6 year campaign for justice” and expressed concern over how FIG and others acted during those 6 years
Justice4Patient is now calling for a #DutyOfCandour to be introduced in #FalklandIslands legislation

Oh well - guess the capacity to learn from tragedy & mistakes is only possible when institutions like NHSEngland commit to a model of TruthTelling, Equity, Reconciliation & Transformative Justice - as part of growing personal leadership. #LetAnyoneWithoutSin? #DutyofCandour #Truth2Power #Inequality

Comment: Support is needed for healthcare whistleblowers Ellen McGreevy, senior solicitor at Bolt Burdon Kemp, calls for the duty of candour to be enforced and whistleblowers supported across the health service.

Ellen McGreevy, senior solicitor at @boltburdonkemp.bsky.social, calls for the duty of candour to be enforced and whistleblowers supported across the health service.

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#healthcare #publichealth #nhs #dutyofcandour #whistleblower #regulation

Last week I spoke in Parliament about #Primodos, one of the clearest examples of failure of candour in UK healthcare.

Families deserve:
🔹 Justice & redress
🔹 A statutory duty of candour
🔹 Equal legal representation
🔹 #HillsboroughLawNow

It’s time to act. #DutyOfCandour

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Cover ups by the state - they are "completely endemic" in our system, says @sorchaeastwood.bsky.social who highlights the trauma and smears faced by the 29 families affected by the cover up over the Chinook crash since 1994.

It's why we need a legal #dutyofcandour #hillsboroughlawnow

🩺 Duty of candour ensures nurses and healthcare staff are open and honest when things go wrong. Peter Ellis and Hannah Ellis explain how nurses can apply the duty of candour effectively in practice.

Learn more, link in thread.

#DutyOfCandour #PatientSafety #NursingPractice

The Real Hillsborough Law: Why It Still Matters in 2025 Ian Byrne MP reintroduces the real #HillsboroughLaw after Labour delays. Is Starmer watering down justice? Find out what’s at stake.

BEDTIME TRUTH BOMB: The lies told after Hillsborough nearly got buried for good. But a new law could have stopped the next cover-up — if only it could get passed in time.
#RealHillsboroughLaw #JusticeForThe97 #DutyOfCandour #VoxPolitical
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The Real Hillsborough Law: Why It Still Matters in 2025 Ian Byrne MP reintroduces the real #HillsboroughLaw after Labour delays. Is Starmer watering down justice? Find out what’s at stake.

Keir Starmer promised a Hillsborough Law — so where is it? Ian Byrne MP brings back the real version to force truth and justice back on the agenda. #HillsboroughLaw #DutyOfCandour #JusticeForThe97 #VoxPolitical
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Be open and transparent! Download our free poster for Regulation 20 compliance. #DutyOfCandour #Transparency #Compliance
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@HouseOfCommons
#DutyOfCandour
Who are our MPs really representing, more and more of us are beginning to wonder.
#50sWomen demand #Mediation with ALL groups given a voice not more wasted time debating a flawed #PHSO report that only considered parts of the evidence. #PMQs
#CEDAWinLAW #Mediation

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John Tingle, the associate professor of law at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, argues that there has been a lack of understanding within the system about how to approach candour meaningfully.

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#healthcare #nhs #patientsafety #dutyofcandour

Sir Alan Bates given ‘take it or leave it’ offer of less than half his Post Office Horizon claim Campaigner calls compensation schemes ‘quasi-kangaroo courts’ after final offer made in response to his appeal

“The sub-postmaster compensation schemes have been turned into quasi-kangaroo courts in which the Department for Business sits in judgment of the claims and alters the goalposts as and when it chooses." Need #dutyofcandour #HillsboroughLaw but never in Whitehall
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#DutyOfCandour
&
#ParityOfFunding

have to be in the Hillsborough bill, any attempt to slither away from responsibility by this loathsome government must be resisted.

#JFT97

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#DutyOfCandour still has a long way to go.

What are the risks and rewards of the planned duty of candour for public servants? Protect’s Elizabeth Gardiner on how ministers can ensure the planned duty of candour for public servants will be effective

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster - the self-imposed deadline for the government's #DutyOfCandour legislation
While we wait for details of the new law, our Chief Exec Elizabeth Gardiner outlines the risks and rewards ahead.

What are the risks and rewards of the planned duty of candour for public servants? Protect’s Elizabeth Gardiner on how ministers can ensure the planned duty of candour for public servants will be effective

Protect chief executive Elizabeth Gardiner writes for @civilserviceworld.bsky.social on the upcoming #DutyOfCandour expected within the next month, creating a legal requirement on all public officials to tell the truth in court proceedings and public inquiries.
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Open consultation. Leading the NHS: proposals to regulate NHS managers (26 November 2024) A consultation seeking your views on options for regulating NHS managers, and on the possibility of introducing a professional duty of candour for NHS managers

The Department of Health and Social Care is currently seeking views on options for regulating NHS managers, and on the possibility of introducing a professional duty of candour for NHS managers (the consultation closes on 18 February 2025) www.pslhub.org/learn/leader... #patientsafety #dutyofcandour

More #DutyOfCandour news !
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And really needs a long view rather than ppl like me shooting from the hip!
A reflective lesson from the #DutyOfCandour talk by @amandacomms.bsky.social and @lucygobag.bsky.social last night.
I was reminded of earlier professional training where it’s sometimes important to say that you don’t know

Thanks to both for such a wide ranging event, so much ground covered. #DutyOfCandour

@amandacomms.bsky.social & @lucygobag.bsky.social Zoom just starting on #DutyOfCandour

🖐🏻Presidential Address: Prof Grey Giddins bears all in his lecture on 'Errors in #Surgery #DutyofCandour #Openness