Declaration of Good Health and Character

Health & Social Care Student Declaration

• To satisfy the requirements of your Professional Statutory Regulatory Body (PSRB), including NMC, HCPC, and Social Work England, you must provide a health and character declaration.
• You must declare if you have any current restrictions placed on your practice by any PSRB irrelevant of the course on which you have enrolled.
• You must declare if you have been convicted of any criminal offence or issued with a formal caution, which is shown on your DBS or International Good Conduct Statement.
• You must declare if you have been convicted of any criminal offence or issued with a formal caution following your last DBS. In this case, you must apply for a new DBS certificate through the university and notify HSC Placements, who can check the DBS Update Service if you have enrolled with them.
• You must declare any changes in your state of health and wellbeing, including both mental and physical health, that could impact your ability to practice effectively as a student.

By ticking the Declaration of Good Health and Character agreement box in ARC, I declare that my health and character are sufficient to enable me to practice safely and effectively and confirm that the information submitted at the time of starting this programme of study was true and accurate.

I understand that I must inform the HSC Placements Team of any changes or updates to my Health and Character Status at the point of occurrence.

I understand that if I do not inform the University of Gloucestershire of any changes to my circumstances as soon as I am aware of them, this could jeopardise my place on the programme and/or prevent me from registering/graduating at the conclusion of the course.

If you feel that you cannot agree to this declaration of Good Health & Character, please discuss this with your Academic Course Lead or HSC Placements Team and do not tick the confirmation box.