| Description | British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology Professional Practice Guidelines:
January 1974 Current Guidelines for the Professional Practice of Clinical Psychologists- Introduction, Objectives, Responsibility, Competence, Social Obligations, Degrees and Professional Qualifications, Advertising and Public Statements, Confidentiality, Obligations Towards Patients, Intra-Professional Relationships, Inter-Professional Relationships, Remuneration, Conduct Regarding Test Procedures and Conduct Regarding Research.
1990 Guidelines for the Professional Practice of Clinical Psychology - Qualifications, Competence, Professional Conduct, Fitness to Practice, Obligations to the Individual Concerning Psychological Intervention, Obligations to the Individual Concerning the Confidentiality of Information, Obligations to the Individual Concerning the Relationship Between the Psychologist and the Client, Legal and Clinical Responsibilities, Administrative Responsibility, Responsibility in the Supervision and Teaching of One's Own Profession; Responsibility in the Transmission of Skills and the Provision of Advice to Other Professions, Responsibility in the Conduct of Research, Responsibility in the Publication, Distribution and Use of Psychological Tests; Responsibilities in the Preparation, Submission and Consideration of Material for Publication, Obligation to One's Own and Other Professions, Obligations to Society Concerning the Political Implications of Psychological Knowledge and Practice, Obligations to Society and the Individual Concerning Advertising and the Making of Public Statements, Obligations Concerning Private Practice.
1995 Division of Clinical Psychology Professional Practice Guidelines - Competence, Personal Conduct, Obligations to Service Users and the Service, Informed Consent, Access to Health Records, Confidentiality, Responsibility in the Use and Distribution of Tests, Safeguarding Fitness to Practice, Teaching Training and Supervision, Research Audit and Publication, Private Practice, Relationships with the Public and the Media. |
| AdminHistory | British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology set up a working party to devise a code of professional conduct in 1970 influenced by the American Psychological Society Ethical Standards of Psychologists (1963) and the Australian Psychological Society Code of Professional Conduct (1968) and also the draft BPS Charter Committee document 'Standards of Professional Conduct' (1955). A first draft document was circulated to branches of the Division in 1970 and a revised draft was presented at the Division AGM of 1970 and the working party began to collect case law and to examine the application of the code in practice. At the 1972 AGM the duties of the Committee were absorbed in to the Clinical Services Standing Committee and the document was re-designated Guidelines for Professional Practice which was issued January 1974.
In 1980 the DCP established a working party to take a fresh look at the Guidelines and to make revisions in the light of developments in the practice of clinical psychology. This working party was responsible for the version of the Guidelines published in 1983. In 1987 the Guidelines were reviewed and a new version was published in 1990. However after the passing of the Children Act (1989), Access to Health Records (1990), Patients Charter, restructure of health care and financing The National Health Service and Community Care Act (1993) and the Mental Health Act Code of Practice (1990 and 1993) it was realised that the Guidelines needed to be updated. A working party was convened in 1993 which produced new Guidelines in 1995.
In 2007 the British Psychological Society produced a generic professional practice guideline which all members had to adhere to in addition to the ethical code. These were devised by a working party with broad society and specialist SubSystems or Membership networks representation. These groups still produced some specific guidance for services relating to their area. The Division of Clinical Psychology produced Guidelines for Clinical Psychological Services in 2011. |
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