Canlyniadau chwilio am care

Case study on being open and honest if something has gone wrong in any care, treatment or other services they have provided

Support and guidance relating to how health and care professionals handle information about service users

How Mersey Care focused their workplace culture on justice and learning

Confidentiality means protecting personal information, this information might include details of a service user’s lifestyle, family, health or care needs which they want to be kept private

Registrants establish and maintain that trust by treating service users with dignity and respect and involving them in decisions about their care.

There are a number of regulators – such as the General Medical Council, the Care Quality Commission and us – who may need you to pass on information to them

Aim: The public, registrants, students and employers understand the value and importance of regulated health and care professionals

We keep a Register of health and care professionals who meet our standards for their training, professional skills, behaviour and health

This page lists the other organisations that are responsible for regulating, and investigating concerns about, health and care professionals in the UK.

The duty of candour is important for anyone working in health and care, but what does it mean in practice?

Our flexible approach takes into account of the broad range of health and care professionals and is based on outcomes

Local arrangements can be made to allow health and care professionals who are not prescribers to supply or administer medicines

It is important that you get the service user’s permission, or ‘consent’, before you share or disclose their information or use it for reasons which are not related to the care or services you provide for them

Doreen is a physiotherapist working in an intermediate care team, and speaks about the steps one Recruiting Manager took that made a real difference

In celebration of Black History Month Rachel shares some inspiring words of what she has learned and experienced as a black health and care professional in the UK.