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<p>The fit and proper person requirement requires all registered health and adult
social care providers to make sure board directors, board members and individuals
who perform the functions equivalent to the functions of a board director and member,
are fit for their roles. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) assesses whether registered
providers have appropriate processes in place for this. In this regard the CQC does
not look at individuals, an approach which would extend to independent reviewers.</p><p>
</p><p>The statutory duty of candour applies to organisations, rather than to individual
members of staff. All regulated healthcare professionals working in the United Kingdom
have an individual professional duty of candour, which is a responsibility to be open
and honest. This responsibility is set out in their respective professional codes
of conduct. The duty of candour set out in professional codes of conduct would therefore
not automatically extend to independent reviewers, but any reviewer would be expected
to be independent and able to express views with candour.</p>
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