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| NI patient safety: Charity call for urgent review | NI patient safety: Charity call for urgent review |
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| A national charity for patient safety and justice has called for a review of patient safety, the BBC has learned. | A national charity for patient safety and justice has called for a review of patient safety, the BBC has learned. |
| The charity has written to Northern Ireland Minister Edwin Poots seeking an "independent, urgent" review. | The charity has written to Northern Ireland Minister Edwin Poots seeking an "independent, urgent" review. |
| Action Against Medical Accidents said it had been contacted by a family after an investigation into their loved one's death revealed a series of failings. | Action Against Medical Accidents said it had been contacted by a family after an investigation into their loved one's death revealed a series of failings. |
| The family only became aware of the details a year later after a BBC Spotlight investigation. | The family only became aware of the details a year later after a BBC Spotlight investigation. |
| Charlie Patterson, who was 86, died in the Royal Victoria Hospital's emergency department in January 2013. | Charlie Patterson, who was 86, died in the Royal Victoria Hospital's emergency department in January 2013. |
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| A spokesperson for the charity said the family "felt let down, upset and angry". | A spokesperson for the charity said the family "felt let down, upset and angry". |
| It is now calling for the introduction of a statutory duty of candour, where organisations would have a legal obligation to be open with families. | It is now calling for the introduction of a statutory duty of candour, where organisations would have a legal obligation to be open with families. |
| Chief executive Peter Walsh said: "There could not be a clearer example of why a legal duty of candour is needed in Northern Ireland. | |
| "This lack of openness with patients and families must not be tolerated and those responsible should be held to account. | |
| "As things stand, a hospital is not breaking any statutory law, rule or regulation in withholding information of this kind." | |
| BBC Spotlight is covering the latest developments in this story on Tuesday at 22:35 GMT on BBC One Northern Ireland. |