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Does the ‘Maintaining High Professional Standards in the NHS’ guidance apply for all conduct issues for doctors, including those that are personal in nature (eg harassment) as well as those that relate to the exercise of clinical skills?

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Published on: 29 March 2022

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The Department of Health guidance: Maintaining high professional standards in the modern NHS (MHPS) is now archived, and available on The National Archives website. The NHS Resolution website refers to interim guidance: Maintaining high professional standards in the modern NHS for NHS organisations managing concerns during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

The MHPS guidance is outside the scope of Lexis®+ UK Employment. However, you may find useful the ‘Key changes’ section of the MHPS guidance, which states that ‘the distinction between personal and professional

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Harassment definition

What does Harassment mean?

The concept whereby an employee suffers from the conduct of, or an act by, an employer or another person which is in the form of harassment.

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