Registers accredited by the Professional Standards Authority
UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy
Visit website: http://www.ukbhc.org.uk/
The UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy (UKBHC) holds a voluntary Register of healthcare chaplains in the UK and seeks to promote the confidence of the public and employers in healthcare chaplaincy and to develop professional standards of practice.
In January 2024 we published our full renewal assessment of the UKBHC.
When we renewed the UKBHC’s accreditation, we issued the following Conditions with deadlines for implementation. We will update the status of the Conditions in due course.
Conditions | Deadline |
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Standard two | - The UKBHC must clarify the basis for its position on whether or not membership of an organised religious or faith group is a requirement of registration.
2. The UKBHC must develop and publish an appeals process for registration decisions. 3. The UKBHC must develop mechanisms to check for relevant disciplinary outcomes from accredited registers and other regulatory bodies for applicants or registrants. | Six months from the publication of this report Six months from the publication of this report Six months from the publication of this report. |
Standard Three | 4. The UKBHC must develop formal agreements for its registrants to ensure that there is a clear basis for the full range of registrant requirements, beyond the Code of Conduct. This must be completed within six months. 5. The UKBHC should develop a safeguarding policy that sets out its role and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding concerns. Its codes, registration, and complaint procedures should integrate with this and make clear what the expectations for registrants are in terms of safeguarding. 6. UKBHC should set explicit requirements for registrants to hold appropriate indemnity cover (whether that be through a membership organisation, employer, or other means). | Six months from the publication of this report. Three months from the publication of this report. Six months from the publication of this report. |
Standard Four | 7. The UKBHC should develop a process for how it assures the quality of the education courses it accredits for entry into its register and assess applications for registration from people who have not qualified through one of its approved education providers. | Next assessment. |
Standard Five | 8. UKBHC should ensure that is complaints process is accessible and responsive. Its guidance for the public should be clear and up to date with correct details of key roles such as the Registrar, and support should be available by telephone as well as email. 9. UKBHC must publish disciplinary outcomes on its register, so that anyone checking a registrant can clearly see if a sanction has been imposed. 10. The UKBHC must develop its policy for reporting relevant complaint outcomes to appropriate bodies, including the Accredited Registers. It must also show evidence of how it works with the NHS and other employers to share and investigate concerns about registrants. This must be completed within six months | Three months. from the publication of this report. Six months from the publication of this report. Six months from the publication of this report. |
Standard Six | 11. The UKBHC should publish Board minutes to date (or relevant extracts as related to its public protection role) from its governance meetings to improve the transparency of its decision-making. This must be completed by the time of its next assessment. | Next assessment |
Standard Seven | 12. The UKBHC should review and update its Risk Matrix to ensure that the safeguarding risks and mitigations are properly captured and that the scores fully reflect the risk. This must be completed within three months. | Three months. from the publication of this report. |
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