Professional guidance and resources

All professions

Professional guidance and resources can be accessed on the following websites:

Regulatory Bodies

Professional Bodies

Deaf awareness tips (Deaf Action)

Dementia and older people

RNID have useful information, advice and support about dementia and hearing loss that can be accessed via their websites as follows:

Hearing Loss and D/deafness

The hearing loss sector page on this website has links to the main national and local organisations that can provide further information, advice and support on hearing loss and D/deafness.

Duty of candour

The Scottish Government website has guidance and further information on the Duty of Candour procedure, which is a legal duty that sets out how organisations should tell those affected that an unintended or unexpected incident appears to have caused harm or death. 

Audiologists

Voluntary register

Hearing Aid dispensers

Standards of proficiency

Clinical Scientists

Standards of proficiency