The Health and Care Professions Council’s (HCPC) revised Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics, which all dietitians should have an awareness of are now in effect.
The HCPC regularly reviews their standards to ensure they remain relevant to current practice and can be clearly understood by those who use them. The most recent review began in 2022 and included a consultation process which was open to individual registrants, as well as organisations and included a response from the BDA.
The updated standards have a key focus on the following areas:
- Equity, diversity and belonging
- communication
- duty of candour
- upskilling and training responsibilities
- managing existing health conditions and disabilities in the workplace
- sustainability
You can find full details of the revised and new standards here, including updates to the HCPC guidance on social media which links to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics.
Useful resources
Members can find a number of useful resources to support your understanding of the new standards and guidance here:
- Understand how and why the HCPC Standard of conduct, performance and ethics have been updated
- Watch the HCPC webinar, recorded in June 2024, which provides and overview of the changes
- Attend one of the upcoming free HCPC webinars:
- Getting it right when things go wrong: 16 September 2024, 4pm-4.45pm
- ‘Send to all!’ Challenges and opportunities of social media: 26 September 2024, 4pm-4.45pm
The BDA is currently working on revising and updating our own Code of Conduct that should be used alongside these to support you in your practice.
If you haven’t yet responded to our survey to have you say on the current BDA Code of Conduct, you can do so here, until 11 September 2024.