Probity and Honesty for Healthcare Professionals
Course Description
Probity and Honesty for Healthcare Professionals is a comprehensive CPD course designed for UK healthcare professionals across all disciplines. The course explores the ethical and regulatory foundations of honesty, integrity, and transparency in clinical practice, workplace conduct, and professional life.
Probity is a core requirement of professional registration. Concerns involving dishonesty — including inaccurate records, misleading statements, undeclared conflicts of interest, or failure to disclose relevant matters — are treated with particular seriousness by regulators.
This course is especially valuable for professionals facing complaints, employer investigations, or fitness-to-practise proceedings involving allegations of dishonesty. It provides regulator-aware analysis, structured reflection guidance, and preventative safeguards to support long-term professional integrity.
Course Content
Course Objectives
Course Objectives
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Section 1: Foundations of Probity and Professional Integrity
1.1 What Is Probity?
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1.2 Why Honesty Is Central to Public Trust
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1.3 Regulatory Expectations Across UK Healthcare
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1.4 Types of Dishonesty in Healthcare
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1.5 Why Dishonesty Is Treated With Particular Gravity
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1.6 Integrity Beyond Compliance
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1.7 Insight and Trustworthiness
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1.8 Reflective Quiz
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Section 2: Honesty in Clinical Practice
2.1 Accurate and Contemporaneous Record Keeping
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2.2 Altering Records and Retrospective Entries
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2.3 Documentation Following Adverse Events
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2.4 Transparency in Clinical Communication
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2.5 Distinguishing Error from Dishonesty
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2.6 Tribunal Framework: How Clinical Dishonesty Is Assessed
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2.7 Preventative Safeguards in Clinical Documentation
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2.8 Reflective Quiz
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Section 3: Duty of Candour and Openness
3.1 Ethical Foundations of Candour
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3.2 Being Open When Things Go Wrong
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3.3 Apology and Accountability
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3.4 Candour vs Self-Protection
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3.5 Candour Within Teams
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3.6 Regulatory and Tribunal Analysis
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3.7 The Impact of Candour on Public Confidence
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3.8 Reflective Quiz
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Section 4: Financial Integrity and Conflicts of Interest
4.1 Financial Integrity as a Professional Obligation
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4.2 Declaring Financial Interests
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4.3 Incentives, Sponsorship, and Transparency
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4.4 Fraud, Misuse of Funds, and Criminal Conduct
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4.5 Private Practice and Dual Financial Roles
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4.6 Tribunal Framework: Assessing Financial Probity Cases
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4.7 Insight in Financial Probity Cases
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4.8 Preventative Safeguards
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4.9 Reflective Quiz
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Section 5: Honesty in Applications, CVs, and Declarations
5.1 Accuracy in Professional Applications
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5.2 Misrepresentation of Qualifications and Experience
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5.3 Disclosure of Criminal Convictions and Investigations
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5.4 Declarations to Regulators and Employers
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5.5 Tribunal Framework: Assessing Application and Disclosure Dishonesty
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5.6 Intent, Recklessness, and Honest Error
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5.7 Insight in Disclosure Cases
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5.8 Reflective Quiz
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Section 6: Social Media and Public Integrity
6.1 Online Professional Conduct and Identity
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6.2 Misleading Claims and Advertising Standards
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6.3 Confidentiality in Digital Spaces
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6.4 Public Commentary and Professional Responsibility
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6.5 Online Behaviour Toward Colleagues
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6.6 Regulator and Tribunal Analysis of Digital Probity Cases
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6.7 Preventative Safeguards for Digital Integrity
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6.8 Reflective Quiz
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