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Ethical Principles, Reasoning and Regulatory Standards in UK Practice
Ethical questions are part of everyday practice for every health and care professional: how much to tell a patient, whether to respect a risky choice, when to share information without consent, how to allocate limited time and resources, and what to do when a colleague's practice is unsafe. Most of these questions do not have a single right answer, but there are better and worse ways of reasoning through them, and every UK regulator expects professionals to act ethically and to be able to explain their decisions.
This course explains the core ethical principles, the main ethical theories and how to use them, a practical method for working through a dilemma, the sources of ethical support available, the ethical standards of each UK regulator, and common dilemmas including consent and capacity, end of life decisions, confidentiality and public safety, raising concerns, scarce resources, adult safeguarding and new technologies. It also covers moral distress and how professionals can recover after an ethical breach.
This course is designed to provide approximately 2 hours of learning, including reading, the reflection points, the reflective account and the assessment. In the UK, CPD is generally recorded as the time actually spent learning, so you should record the time you genuinely spend, which may be more or less than the estimate.
How the course fits your revalidation or CPD requirements depends on your regulator. For example, the NMC asks nurses, midwives and nursing associates to record 35 hours of CPD over three years, of which at least 20 must be participatory; self-directed online learning such as this course usually counts as individual learning unless you complete it with others. The GMC expects doctors to reflect on CPD for appraisal and revalidation rather than setting a fixed number of hours. The HCPC, GDC, GPhC, GOC, GOsC and GCC each set their own CPD requirements, so check the current rules that apply to you. Always keep your certificate together with your written reflection.
Doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, allied health professionals and all registered health and care professionals, including those responding to a complaint or fitness to practise concern
Standards of the GMC, NMC, HCPC, GDC, GPhC, GOC, GOsC and GCC; Mental Capacity Act 2005; Care Act 2014; key UK case law on consent and confidentiality
Lessons open one after another as you work through the course. They unlock once you enrol.
This covers the lessons, section checkpoints, your reflective account and the final assessment. Everyone works at a different pace, so record the time you actually spend in your CPD log. The player shows the time you have spent in the course to help you.
The estimated learning time is about 2 hours, including the lessons, section checkpoints, your reflective account and the final assessment. People work at different speeds, so record the time you actually spend in your own CPD log.
Log in to your FTP Courses account and open the course from My Courses. The course runs in your web browser on a computer, tablet or phone, and your progress is saved to your account so you can stop and continue later.
Each section ends with a short checkpoint. At the end there is a final assessment of 15 questions; you need 80% (12 correct) to pass. If you do not pass, you can review the course and try again after a short wait.
You can download a certificate of completion showing your name, the course title, the estimated learning time, your completion date and a certificate number that can be checked online. You can also download your reflective account for your CPD portfolio.
No. FTP Courses is an independent education provider and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any UK regulator. The course is CPD-aligned: it is written to help you learn and reflect against your regulator's published standards, and on completion you receive a certificate of completion stating the estimated learning time. Record the time you actually spend in your own CPD log, and decide how the course fits your CPD or any remediation plan, ideally with advice from your defence organisation, union or legal adviser.
No course can guarantee an outcome. Decision-makers look at genuine insight, reflection and sustained change in your practice. The course is designed to support that learning; it does not replace it.
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