The RCVS Academy has launched ‘Client confidentiality,’ a free course which offers guidance for situations when vets and other members of the veterinary team feel it’s necessary to disclose confidential information without a client’s consent.

Designed with the RCVS Standards and Advice team, the ‘Client confidentiality’ course explains the steps veterinary teams need to take when deciding whether or not to make a disclosure, and how to remain compliant with their professional obligations under the Code of Professional Conduct.

Senior Standards and Advice Officer, Victoria Price said: “Deciding to breach confidentiality is often a difficult decision with no right or wrong answer.

"The course should help learners to feel confident about what to consider in order to make justified and well-supported decisions.”

The course takes around one hour to complete.

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