Guidance

Speaking up

This guidance helps registrants in situations where they need to consider the professional requirement to speak up when patient or public safety may be at risk or when they have concerns about propriety, such as when they observe something that appears seriously wrong or not in accordance with accepted standards.

Professional Duty of Candour

This guidance helps registrants to understand the professional duty of candour. All healthcare professionals have this duty; this is a professional responsibility to be open, honest and transparent with patients when things go wrong.

Consent

This guidance helps registrants to understand the concept of consent, and how this should be applied in practice. It is a professional requirement for registrants to ensure that they obtain valid consent. This guidance will support you in understanding consent, capacity to consent, and how to manage situations where consent might be withheld or withdrawn

Disclosing confidential information

This guidance helps our registrants in situations where they need to consider the professional requirement to maintain confidentiality alongside the need to ensure protection of patients and the public. 

Position statements

Position statements, designed to provide advice on a number of issues, are available here.