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Nadhim Zahawi has announced Monday 2 December 2019 as the date when Social Work England will take over from the HCPC as the new social work regulator

Our new strategy brings together all that we have heard over the past six months from patients, registrants, professional bodies, education providers, employers and partners, to set out our focus for the next five years. 

The revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics and revised guidance on social media are coming into effect on 1 September 2024. We encourage all registrants to ensure they are familiar with the changes.

The HCPC has updated its standards of proficiency for the first time since 2015. The crucial changes have been made following an extensive period of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders, to seek views and develop standards in line with current professional practice.

Read the new factsheets showing the equality and diversity data of registrants broken down by profession.

Find out who won the HCPC student competition 2024, which asked students to design a learning session about social media. 

HCPC is delighted to announce the appointment of Naomi Nicholson to the newly created role of Executive Director of Professional Practice and Insight.

On Thursday 22 September, government announced that the healthcare professions temporary registers, including the HCPC COVID-19 Temporary Register, will remain open for a further two years.

How we're ensuring our standards reflect the expectations of a modern day health service and the real lived-in context you work in

The deadline to renew is 31 October 2021.

Last summer, we asked all pre-registration programmes to plan how they would meet the revised standards of education and training (SETs). From the 2018–19 academic year, we will assess whether your programme has met these standards via our annual monitoring process.