We expect our registrants to take all reasonable steps to reduce risk of harm, and to maintain a safe practice environment
The standards of conduct, performance and ethics state you must:
Identify and minimise risk
You must take all reasonable steps to reduce the risk of harm to service users, carers and colleagues as far as possible. (6.1)
You must not do anything, or allow someone else to do anything, which could put the health or safety of a service user, carer or colleague at unacceptable risk. (6.2)
Manage your health
You must take responsibility for assessing whether changes to your physical and/or mental health will detrimentally impact your ability to practise safely and effectively. If you are unsure about your ability to do so, ask an appropriate health and care professional to make an assessment on your behalf. (6.3)
You must adjust your practice if your physical and/or mental health will detrimentally impact your ability to practise safely and effectively. These adjustments must promote safe and effective practice. Where it is not possible to make these adjustments within your scope of practice, you must stop practising. (6.4)
The standards of proficiency also require registrants to:
Establish and maintain a safe practice environment (14)
More information
You can access more information about the updates to these standards on the revised standards of conduct and ethics pages, specifically the page on Managing existing health conditions and disabilities in the workplace.
