Clinical, Professional Practice
Guidance for employing practitioner psychologists in physical healthcare settings
This document is a guide for those commissioning or employing practitioner psychologists to deliver services to people with acute physical health concerns, injuries, or long-term conditions in healthcare settings.
08 May 2024
The guidance is also for practitioner psychologists working within Clinical Health Psychology Services, in the above contexts.
An update to the document Clinical Health Psychologists in the NHS (BPS, 2008), its recommendations relate to current NHS services and are informed by current professional practice so the guidance should be periodically updated.