Websites & patient experience · Website help · Profiles and team roles

Use staff photographs to identify the person patients will meet

A profile uses a stock image or an old group crop without an accurate caption. Patients may assume it shows the practitioner they booked to see.

What to change

Treat profile imagery as identifying information. Confirm the image's subject and permission through the practice's normal process, and use wording that matches what the image actually represents.

A worked example

Illustrative example

A reception page uses a real approved team photo and identifies the team as a whole. Individual practitioner profiles use the appropriate person's image or a neutral alternative with no false identification.

How to check the result

A visitor can use the image for recognition without being misled about who works at the practice.

A mistake to avoid

Do not choose a convincing stock portrait simply to fill a profile photo slot.

Your action checklist

Use these checks to prepare a discussion with your team or supplier. Tick a check when you have recorded the decision or evidence, rather than when a feature has simply been promised.

Decisions to record

Entries stay in this page and are not submitted to Kay & Co. Download your notes before leaving; the page does not save them.

Healthcare website design showing connected desktop and mobile service and enquiry layouts.
Make the service and next step clear on every screen.
Healthcare website accessibility illustrated by a focus outline, keyboard key, contrast samples and form.
Review keyboard access, contrast and understandable form fields.
Healthcare website testing with desktop and mobile forms, a checklist and success and error states.
Check complete journeys and explain failures clearly.

Further reading

These primary sources provide additional context for the project decisions above.

Related decisions

Turn the brief into a working service

Kay & Co. can help you scope the work, design the experience and deliver the right solution for your organisation.

Explore websites & patient experience services or discuss your project.

Try the free Healthcare Digital Planner to find your starting priority.