What is duty of care?

Beth yw dyletswydd gofal?

Care

Duty of care is the requirement to exercise a level of care towards an individual to avoid injury to that individual or their property. It is based on the relationship of the different parties, the negligent act or omission and the reasonable likelihood of loss to that individual.

A duty of care will usually exist where the worker has some professional or work responsibility for delivering a service to an individual. A breach would have taken place when a negligent act or omission to act resulted in harm to that individual and the harm was foreseeable.

A health and social care worker owes a duty of care to the individuals they support, their colleagues, their employer, themselves and the public interest. Everyone has a duty of care and it is not something that they can opt out of.

A health and social care workers duty of care means that they must aim to provide high quality care to the best of their ability and say if there are any reasons why they may be unable to do so.

Ystyr dyletswydd gofal yw'r gofyniad i arddel lefel o ofal tuag at unigolyn er mwyn osgoi anaf i'r unigolyn hwnnw neu ddifrod i'w eiddo. Mae'n seiliedig ar y gydberthynas rhwng y gwahanol bartïon, y weithred esgeulus neu'r diffyg gweithredu a'r tebygolrwydd rhesymol y bydd yr unigolyn hwnnw yn dioddef colled.

Fel arfer, ceir dyletswydd gofal pan fydd gan y gweithiwr ryw fath o gyfrifoldeb proffesiynol neu waith i ddarparu gwasanaeth i unigolyn. Byddai tor-dyletswydd yn digwydd pe byddai gweithred esgeulus neu ddiffyg gweithred yn arwain at niwed i'r unigolyn hwnnw ac y gellid bod wedi rhagweld y niwed hwnnw.

Mae gan weithwyr iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol ddyletswydd gofal tuag at yr unigolion y maent yn rhoi cymorth iddynt, eu cydweithwyr, eu cyflogwr, eu hunain ac er budd y cyhoedd. Mae gan bawb ddyletswydd gofal ac nid yw'n rhywbeth y gellir dewis peidio â'i dderbyn.

Mae dyletswydd gofal gweithwyr iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yn golygu bod yn rhaid iddynt anelu at ddarparu gofal o ansawdd uchel hyd eithaf eu gallu a bod yn rhaid iddynt ddatgan os oes unrhyw resymau pam na fyddant o bosibl yn gallu gwneud hynny.

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