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Confidentiality

Support and guidance relating to how health and care professionals handle information about service users

Fitness to practice and the updated standards of proficiency

What employers need to know about our updated requirements for registrants to manage their mental and physcial health.

Lead Visitor

Lead Visitors assess education and training programmes to make sure that they meet HCPC standards

Social media: Think before you post

Blog on important things to remember when posting on social media including being mindful of what you post as a registered professional and understanding your impact especially during these current times.

My Story – Nusrat Kauser

To mark South Asian Heritage Month 2021, Nusrat Kauser candidly shares her story and details the reality of what she has experienced in the health and care sector as a South Asian woman.

How we investigate

We investigate all concerns objectively and independently

Registered professionals

We consider concerns about professionals who are registered with us, and whether they are able to practise safely and effectively.

Professions and protected titles

The professions we regulate have one or more designated titles that are protected by law and professionals must be registered to use them

COVID-19 Temporary Register

We have worked with the UK Government to create a COVID-19 temporary register of former registrants

Consent and confidentiality

It is important that you get the service user’s permission, or ‘consent’, before you share or disclose their information or use it for reasons which are not related to the care or services you provide for them

Return to practice: a win-win for employers and professionals

Speech and language therapist Debbie Halden shares her experience supporting a former registrant return to practice

Breach of confidentiality

Case study: An occupational therapist's employer raised concerns with us after the registrant left a notepad containing confidential information, pertaining to a number of service users, at the home address of a service user.

Join our #myHCPCstandards webinars – learn about the revised standards conduct, performance and ethics

We are hosting six new #myHCPCstandards webinars designed to support registrants with the revisions to the standards of conduct, performance and ethics and accompanying social media guidance.