Reflective practice

Please see this recent publication by NHSE regarding reflective practice.

The guidance helps patients and service users understand how their information may be used for reflective practice and why this practice is essential for ensuring safe, high-quality care.

It also supports health and care professionals to understand how to manage access to people’s information for reflective practice in a lawful and appropriate way.

Organisations who support reflective practice should add the following into their privacy notice:

Health and care professionals may look at confidential patient information about the care they gave you to understand and learn from their work. This is called ‘reflective practice’ and is done to help staff to provide better and safer care. Only regulated health or social care professionals who cared for you are allowed to access your information for this reason.