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Probity and Ethics Course Face-to-Face Live CPD course by Zoom for healthcare professionals facing a probity, honesty or ethics allegation, a complaint or investigation — and for your CPD
Which of these is your situation?
- Probity and ethics course for an allegation or regulator investigation about honesty or integrity?
- Facing an allegation of dishonesty from a patient, an employer or your regulator?
- A record changed after the event, or an entry said not to match what happened?
- A claim, a timesheet or an expense said to be untrue?
- A conflict of interest or a declaration you did not make?
- A claim about your qualifications or experience in question?
- Advised to take a course by your defence organisation, union or solicitor before you respond?
- Looking for a live CPD course on probity and ethics, with discussion rather than a recording?
This course is written for every one of these — and for your CPD.
Help with a probity or honesty allegation starts here. A live day with a facilitator on probity, honesty, trust and ethics — and how to show the insight, reflection and remediation your regulator looks for, with a dated certificate for your response or a hearing.
Dr Shehzad IqbalFounder, course author and facilitatorMBBS, MRCS, MRCGP
Ludmila UpenieceBusiness development and supportPsychology, UEL London
In short: The Probity and Ethics Course, by Probity & Ethics, is a live, facilitated probity and ethics CPD course by video link on Zoom for UK healthcare professionals facing an allegation or regulator investigation about honesty, integrity or ethics (GMC, NMC, GDC, GPhC, HCPC or another regulator), a complaint or a fitness to practise concern, and for CPD. It works through what the regulators say about probity, honesty and trust, case examples and ethical dilemmas, and finishes with structured work on your own situation and a personalised action plan. 5 CPD hours, £499, CPD certified and accredited by The CPD Certification Service (provider no. 13197), with a certificate on completion.
Who this course is for
Facing an allegation of dishonesty
Your regulator’s letter or your employer’s investigation is about dishonesty, a record changed after the event, a misleading claim or money. A probity matter is read largely for candour and character, and this course works through what a case examiner or panel reads a response for.
Under a fitness to practise investigation
A case is open with the GMC, NMC, GDC, GPhC, HCPC, GOC, GCC, GOsC or Social Work England, and you need a dated record of remediation and a structure for your written reflection.
An employer investigation that may be referred
Your employer is investigating, or has already referred the matter. Remediation completed early, dated and documented, reads differently from remediation put together after your regulator has asked for it.
Advised to complete a course before you respond
Your defence organisation, union or solicitor has suggested a probity and ethics course before your response goes in. The day gives you a structure for that response and a plan you can put dates against.
Building your CPD
You want a live, facilitated probity and ethics course in your CPD record, with discussion rather than a recording.
The concerns this course speaks to
Records changed after the event
An entry made to look as if it was written at the time, an entry left out, or a correction not shown as a correction. The record is read before your account of it.
Claims, invoices and timesheets
A claim, a fee or a timesheet that does not match the service, the time or the record. A claim is a statement of what happened, whatever the reason for the mismatch.
Conflicts of interest
An interest in a referral, a product, a supplier or a business that was not declared, or that shaped the advice. Having an interest is not misconduct; leaving it undeclared is what becomes the concern.
Declarations to your regulator
A caution, a charge, a finding by another body or a restriction imposed by an employer that was not declared when it should have been.
Claims about yourself
A title, a qualification, experience or results described in a way a patient or a colleague says was misleading, in a CV, an application or advertising.
Candour during the process
An account that changed as the evidence arrived. A probity question can begin in the process itself, which is why the way you respond matters as much as what you say.
What the course covers
A live course of 5 CPD hours by Zoom, with breaks, finishing with your own action plan. The certificate is issued on completion.
What probity and ethics mean in healthcare practice
Probity, honesty, integrity and trust, and why regulators treat dishonesty differently from most clinical errors.
What the regulators say
Guidance from the healthcare regulators, including the GMC, GDC, NMC, GPhC and HCPC, on probity, honesty, trust and ethics.
The consequences of a breach
What follows a breach of probity, honesty and ethics, for patients, for public trust and for your registration.
Case examples and reflection
Cases where a breach of probity happened, worked through with the facilitator and the group, with reflection on each.
Ethical dilemmas
Examples of ethical dilemmas and how to manage them in practice.
What to do when a breach happens
Why probity and ethics matter for healthcare professionals, and what to do when a breach of probity and ethics happens.
Insight, reflect, remediate
The three things a case examiner or panel reads a response for, and how to show each of them.
Your personalised action plan
Structured work on your own situation, finishing with an action plan you can put dates against.
Dates, price and booking
Course dates
Or take it with ten online courses: £500 for the online courses plus this course at a reduced £449 — £949 in total.
- Price £499 per person
- One-to-one £250 extra, booked alone or with the bundle
- Time 9.30am to about 2.30–3.00pm (UK time), with breaks
- CPD 5 hours, certificate issued on completion
Need a date sooner than these? Contact us and we will try to arrange an earlier one.
How this helps if a probity concern has been raised
In a probity case, the reflection carries the weight. The GMC describes probity as being honest and trustworthy and acting with integrity, and every other UK healthcare regulator sets a version of the same expectation. Competence can be retrained; trust has to be rebuilt, and a panel has only your account and your conduct to judge it by.
A probity reflection has to acknowledge the conduct fully and without qualification, explain why it happened without excusing it, and show change sustained over time. Working through that with a facilitator and other people in the same position is the part most people find hardest to do alone.
On completion you receive a dated CPD certificate of 5 CPD hours. With your written reflection, it is evidence for a fitness to practise response, a remediation portfolio, an appraisal folder or a revalidation submission.
How the live course works
Start
You join by video link on Zoom. The course is live and interactive throughout, with a facilitator.
Breaks
A lunch break and two tea or coffee breaks across the day.
Interactive throughout
Discussion with the facilitator and other participants, work on your own situation, reflective discussion and an action plan.
Finish, about 2.30–3.00pm
5 CPD hours, with a CPD certificate issued on completion and emailed to you.
Who facilitates
Course facilitator and author, Probity & Ethics
Dr Iqbal has designed and delivered ethics, probity and professionalism remediation courses for UK healthcare professionals since 2020, working with registrants of all nine UK healthcare regulators, online and face to face. He combines clinical practice as a GP with formal postgraduate training in healthcare law and ethics.
MBBS · MRCS · MRCGP · Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Law and Ethics, University of Dundee
The Probity and Ethics Course is a Probity & Ethics live course, facilitated by Dr Shehzad Iqbal and CPD certified and accredited by The CPD Certification Service (provider no. 13197).
Frequently asked questions
Who is the Probity and Ethics Course for?
Any UK healthcare professional facing a complaint, an employer investigation or a fitness to practise investigation about honesty, integrity or ethics, with the GMC, NMC, GDC, GPhC, HCPC, GOC, GCC, GOsC or Social Work England, and anyone who wants a live probity and ethics course for CPD.
How is this different from the online probity course?
The online Probity for Healthcare Professionals course is self-paced, 2 CPD hours, and you can start it straight away. The live course is a facilitated day of 5 CPD hours, with discussion, case examples and structured work on your own situation. Some people take both: the online course first, then the live day before their response goes in.
Is this course really face to face?
It runs live by video link on Zoom. Face to face here means live and interactive, with a facilitator and other participants, rather than a self-paced recording. You see and speak to the people taking part; the room is a video call. If you would rather work privately, a one-to-one version is available for £250 on top of the course price.
How long is the day, and what is the format?
The course starts at 9.30am and finishes at about 2.30 to 3.00pm, with a lunch break and two tea or coffee breaks. It carries 5 CPD hours and is CPD certified and accredited by The CPD Certification Service (provider no. 13197).
What certificate do I get, and when?
A 5 CPD hour certificate, issued on completion and emailed to you after the course. It records your name, the course title, the CPD hours and the date. You can put it in a remediation portfolio, with a written response to your regulator, or in your appraisal and revalidation records, alongside your own reflection.
Do I have to be under investigation to attend?
No. The course is built for healthcare professionals facing a complaint, an investigation or a fitness to practise process, and it is equally used for CPD and for appraisal evidence. Taking it before anything has gone wrong is a perfectly ordinary reason to come.
Can I take it with online courses?
Yes. In the Bulk Buy bundle you choose ten online courses for £500 and add this live course at £449, £949 in total. The online courses are self-paced and each carries its own CPD certificate.
Courses that work alongside this one
Live: building insight and writing reflection that holds up to scrutiny.
Online and self-paced: records, money, declarations and conflicts of interest.
Online: claims, declarations, undisclosed interests and financial conduct.
