Table 1.

Percentage of members that would trigger the process of duty of candour in each combination of adverse event likelihood and severity.

Severity of adverse effect	Likelihood during course of disease or treatment
	Common (> 1/10) (%)	Uncommon (1/10–1/1000) (%)	Rare (< 1/1000) (%)
Outpatient follow-up only	7	7	83
Pain or psychological harm (lasting more than 1 month)	17	15	95
Temporary neurological deficit or increase in hospital stay or return to theatre	4	36	96
Permanent neurological deficit (lasting more than 1 month)	14	46	96
Death	19	46	96