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The Code presents the professional standards that nurses, midwives and nursing associates must uphold in order to be registered to practise in the UK. It’s structured around four themes – prioritise people, practise effectively, preserve safety and promote professionalism and trust.
Sep 1, 2024 · Standards of conduct, performance and ethics. These standards are effective from 1 September 2024. Expand all. 1. Promote and protect the interests of service users and carers. 2. Communicate appropriately and effectively. 3. Work within the limits of your knowledge and skills.
Nurses facilitate a culture of safety in health care environments, recognising and addressing threats to people and safe care in health practices, services and settings. 1.10. Nurses provide evidence-informed, person-centred care, recognising and using the values and principles of primary health care and health promotion across the lifespan. 1.11
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We review the standards of conduct, performance and ethics regularly to ensure that the standards are relevant to current practice, that they continue to effectively incorporate equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) commitments and that they are clearly understood by those who use them.
Oct 20, 2021 · This newly revised version reflects lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and i a statement of the ethical values, responsibilities and professional accountabilities of nurses that defines and guides ethical nursing practice within the different roles nurses assume.
In the health and social care arena today, patients, service users and their families want the professionals they interact with to offer specialist skills but also to treat them with respect, communicate clearly and behave in a way that reflects high standards of personal probity.
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the BMA’s core ethics toolkits provide information on the legal and ethical aspects of the most common ethical question that arise in doctors’ day-to-day practice. All this information is compiled into a single document with a simple, easy to remember URL (www.bma.org.uk/core-ethics ). Links are also
