Raising Concerns

Question 1

Public interest disclosure act 1998

Answer 1

• a healthcare professional can break confidentiality and raise concern if it is in the interest of the public. Qualified disclosure can occur when the law has been broken
• confidentiality can be broken when there is a miscarriage of justice, environmental harm, when a crime has been committed, or when there is a serious health and safety issue
• the breach in confidentiality must be raised in good faith and undertaken using the correct process