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You need to make informed and reasonable decisions about your own practice to make sure that you always respect and protect the confidentiality of service users

There are a small number of circumstances where you might need to pass on information without consent, or when you have asked for consent but the service user has refused it

In 2019, we commissioned the University of Surrey to produce a film evidencing the process and benefits of Schwartz rounds.

Case study: Munira is a physiotherapist working in private practice. She has treated her service user Russel for the last three months after he was involved in a fall at home.

Case study: Emily is a dietitian working in an NHS Trust hospital. She also volunteers at a local charity that raises awareness about diabetes at events and conferences

Template to help you guide your own activities

The new model aims to deliver proportionate and flexible regulatory action through a more intelligent use of data and a risked based approach to education programme assurance

Further information and guidance to help you determine what is and is not in your scope of practice

#myHCPCstandards​ webinar, recorded July 2024, on scope of practice. 

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

To be a prescriber means to have the legal authority to issue prescriptions

Learn what our standards say about supervision

Key principles and factors to consider when approaching supervision in your professional practice

This section includes case studies and templates to demonstrate how to approach supervision effectively

This section includes additional resources and FAQs to help you approach supervision and apply this in your practice