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Planning a new programme

Important information for education providers planning to run a new programme

Failure to provide adequate care

Case study: A professional body raised a concern that a biomedical scientist had acted beyond her scope of practise.

Bringing profession into disrepute / inappropriate comments on social media

Case study: A paramedic self-referred after he posted inappropriate comments on social media, which caused his employer to suspend him.

Consent principles

Principles developed by the HCPC and other healthcare regulators, patient organisations, and NHS partners to ensure informed decision-making and shared responsibility in care.

Prescribing

To be a prescriber means to have the legal authority to issue prescriptions

Visitor

Visitors assess education and training programmes to make a recommendation about whether they meet our standards

The fitness to practise investigations process flowchart

If a concern is raised or referral is made about a HCPC-registered professional, our fitness to practice investigations process will begin. This flowchart summarises the steps. 

Audit results

In this section we give statistics for the outcome of previous CPD audits

One week until the HCPC updated standards of proficiency come into effect

There's just one week until 1 September 2023, when the updated HCPC standards of proficiency come into effect. We encourage all registrants to ensure they understand the updates and are ready to integrate them as far as they relate to their scope of practice. 

Did you know our standards are online?

You can easily access our standards from anywhere in a new responsive and print-friendly online format

Update on COVID-19 Temporary Register

The HCPC has been informed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) that our COVID-19 Temporary Register must close on the 31st March 2024

How to fill out the returning to practice form

We have set out some top tips to help applicants complete the returning to practice form as easily as possible

An employer’s perspective: Supporting staff to embed the updated standards

In this article, we provide three examples from real-life employers of HCPC registrants who describe how they are supporting their team with embedding the updated standards of proficiency.