Principles and Guidance 6 Guides

The processes you should follow when raising a concern, information about the legislation in this area, and where you can get confidential support and advice.

We recognise that nurses, midwives, students or other members of staff may identify risks or malpractice within the workplace that you wish to raise with us.

This guidance explores what being open and honest about mistakes means, and whose responsibility it is to explain and record what has gone wrong.

We all know professionalism when we see it – but there’s never been a single definition for what it means in nursing and midwifery.