A formalised code-of-practice for arts-and-health practitioners has been in development since the 'Inside Me' programme, drawing on the experiences from reflexive practice in this and other arts-based projects.
Bruce Keogh, the national medical director of the NHS, has been charged by Hunt with investigating whether present codes of practices for health professionals are up to the job.
This paper draws from research completed in 2007 to assess the effect of the Department of Health, England, Code of Practice for the international recruitment of health professionals.
Destination countries should be reminded of their need to comply with the WHO Global Code of Practice for the international recruitment of health professionals.
The international community has also published several statements, including a WHO code of practice for the international recruitment of health workers (See Additional file 3: Table S3).
One informant made reference to the Melbourne Manifesto, a code of practice for the international recruitment of health care professionals adopted by delegates to the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians WONCAA) meeting in Melbourne, Australia, on 3 May 2002.
Since the Helsinki Declaration was introduced in 1964 as a code of practice for clinical research, it has generally been agreed that research governance is also needed in the field of public health and health promotion research.
None of the organizations interviewed had adopted a code of practice for ethical recruitment, although a small number had issued statements against the active recruitment of health care professionals from developing countries with acute shortages of practitioners.
Nowadays, more attention is being paid to the safety and health conditions of forestry workers, which are taken into consideration in the code of practice for sustainable forest management.
The Health Act 2006 provided the Healthcare Commission with statutory powers to enforce compliance with the Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infection (The Code).
