Authors’ reply to English

Reporting and acting on suspicions of modern slavery by healthcare professionals is not straightforward.12 Each national setting has statutory duties and a range of possible routes to less formal—and more variable—advice, guidance, and support. Current legislation in the United Kingdom does not specifically give healthcare professionals a duty to notify the authorities of potential cases of modern slavery (Modern Slavery Act 2015, chapter 30, part 5, section 32). More globally, the goal is not to force disclosure or to report but to create an “open door” through which to generate trust and a flow of information so that victims know where they can go …