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The HCPC has responded to Lord Darzi’s report on the Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England.

We take a flexible approach when undertaking our education quality assurance assessment activities, aiming to be ‘right touch’ in our regulatory activities.

We've been working to make it easier for registrants to claim tax relief on their registration fees and manage aspects of their own registration and our most recent improvement is now live.

Between the 10 April to 14 June 2024, we consulted on proposals to increase our fees.

This report provides an assessment of concerns raised with us about the health and care professionals we regulate, which related to sexual misconduct and criminal matters or conduct of a sexual nature.

We are calling on employers, managers, education providers, professional bodies and unions to prevent these behaviours from happening, and to encourage greater reporting when they do. As a regulator of 15 different professions, the HCPC has a role to play too.

Today the revised HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and guidance on social media which sits alongside the standards, come into effect. It is now every registrant’s responsibility to be familiar with the changes and meet the revised standards.

With the publication of the revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics (‘the standards’) coming soon, you are no doubt wondering what you can do to support your HCPC registrants with embedding them into everyday practice. We're here to help! 

Watch a recording of this 30-minute webinar designed specially for employers and managers of HCPC registrants, to support them with the revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics.

Offices will be closed on Friday 19 July 2024 for all-staff training. Our telephone and email services will not be available.

Prabha, a registered occupational therapist, shares her journey from India to the UK, and how she discovered her calling.

We have developed a guide which sets out scenarios education providers may face when responding to workforce needs.

Ahead of the revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics coming into effect, HCPC Policy colleagues outline the key areas that employers, managers and leaders of registrants may wish to focus on.