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Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill

This draft bill establishes a new independent healthcare safety investigation body to improve patient safety.

Last fetched 04 May 2026 · gov.uk

Documents

Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Billapplication/pdf Fact sheet 1: why we need a billapplication/pdf Fact sheet 2: how new legal powers will improve patient safety investigationsapplication/pdf Fact sheet 3: ‘Safe space' - what is it, why we need it and how it will workapplication/pdf Fact sheet 4: duty of candour and ‘safe space’application/pdf Fact sheet 5: duty of cooperationapplication/pdf Fact sheet 6: the investigation processapplication/pdf Memorandum to the delegated powers and regulatory reform committeeapplication/pdf Fact sheet 7: accreditation of NHS trustsapplication/pdf Fact sheet 8: the Health Service Safety Investigations Bodyapplication/pdf Health Service Safety Investigations Bill impact assessmentapplication/pdf

At a glance

TypePolicy paper

First published14 Sept 2017

Last updated25 Sept 2017

Organisations

Department of Health and Social Care

Topics

Patient safety

Source

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