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PVG scheme - list of activities for regulated roles

Activities with protected adults

Last updated
1 Apr 2025

Education, training and guidance

  • teaching, instructing, training or supervising protected adults
  • giving advice or guidance to a protected adult in relation to education, training or employability

Care, health and accommodation services

  • practising as a registered medical practitioner

  • practising as an anaesthesia associate or physician associate pursuant to registration with the General Medical Council 

  • practising as a registered nurse, midwife or health visitor

  • practising in a profession pursuant to registration with the Health and Care Professions Council

  • practising as a chiropractor pursuant to registration with the General Chiropractic Council

  • practising as a dentist or dental care professional pursuant to registration with the General Dental Council
  • practising as an optometrist or dispensing optician pursuant to registration with the General Optical Council.
  • practising as an osteopath pursuant to registration with the General Osteopathic Council
  • practising as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician pursuant to registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • being engaged in the provision of a domestic service (including cleaning, preparing food, acting as a caretaker of premises or carrying out maintenance of premises) that is provided for protected adults in a hospital, hospice, care home, day care centre or adult placement setting
  • carrying out an activity in a hospital, hospice, care home, day care centre or adult placement setting
  • being in charge of protected adults
  • having responsibility for the safety and welfare of a protected adult
  • having the ability to directly influence decisions about the safety and welfare of a protected adult, other than in the role of an elected representative or holder of a judicial office
  • being engaged by or on behalf of a protected adult to support the protected adult to live independently, including providing personal care services, food preparation or recreational services
  • providing support to a protected adult under a shared lives scheme
  • providing counselling, therapy advice, guidance or advocacy support in relation to health or wellbeing to protected adults, other than where such counselling, therapy, advice, guidance or advocacy support is provided in prison by a prisoner to another prisoner
  • having the ability to directly influence the operational delivery of medical or care services for protected adults, other than in the role of an elected representative or holder of a judicial office

Leisure activities

  • providing cultural, leisure, social or recreational activities for protected adults

Sports activities

  • coaching protected adults in relation to sports or physical activity

Religious activities

  • providing religious activities or services for protected adults

Miscellaneous

  • driving or escorting protected adults in connection with transport services provided exclusively or mainly for use by protected adults
  • holding a position of responsibility in an organisation which has as one of its main purposes the provision of benefits for or to protected adults (regardless of whether the organisation has an additional purpose of providing benefits for or to another group)
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