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Failure to conduct a full / accurate assessment

Case study: An employer raised concerns about a psychologist who did not report a service user’s suicidal thoughts to their supervisor or any other professionals. This was despite it happening repeatedly and after recording a case note.

Reflecting on LGBT+ History Month 2025

Adrian Barrowdale, Strategic Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) reflects on the challenges still faced by LGBT+ people and the opportunities to build on the history of the LGBT+ rights movements.

Maintaining professional boundaries

As a registered professional, it is your responsibility to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with service users, carers and colleagues.

Communicating during the COVID-19 pandemic

The factors to consider in applying our standards during the COVID-19 pandemic

When something goes wrong, openness is in everybody’s best interests

Vince Clarke, paramedic and senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, discusses the challenges you may face when something goes wrong

New supervision resources to help you and your practise

We are very pleased to have launched our new online materials on supervision, which provide practical advice and support for registrants and their supervisors

Inappropriate relationship with patient

Case study: A psychologist’s employer raised concerns that the registrant had taken a service user on a trip involving an overnight stay in a shared hotel room, bought the service user alcohol and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol in the presence of the service user.

Registration FAQs

Some of the questions we most frequently get asked by registrants

Disclosing information without consent

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

Reflecting by yourself

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

The public

As a regulator set up to protect the public, involving the public as key stakeholders is essential to our work and we are committed to this involvement in a number of our core organisational activities

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