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As the updated standards of proficiency come into effect on 1 September 2023, you might be wondering what you need to do as a manager or employer of HCPC registrants. In this article we share ideas, tips and strategies to help you and your team prepare to embed the updated standards into everyday practice.

Those on the COVID-19 Temporary Register have until 2 October 2023 to complete and submit a declaration form to be able to remain on the COVID-19 Temporary Register until the 31 March 2024.

We are undertaking a review of the standards of education and training (SETs).

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

What to do if your application to the Register has been refused

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.

We regulate hearing aid dispensers on the basis of their professional title and also their protected function.

This report describes the outcomes of the audits for the 16 professions who were asked to submit their CPD profile between 2015 and 2017

If selected for CPD audit, you'll be asked to submit a profile as proof of your activities and how they meet the standards for CPD

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.

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

Information about raising a concern, fitness to practise and the investigation process

Case study: An employer raised concerns about an operating department practitioner’s (ODP) conviction of fraud. For this conviction, she was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment and suspended for 24 months.

Case study: A podiatrist self-referred following a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Case study: An occupational therapist’s employer raised concerns relating to their clinical practice and conduct, following a number of incidents relating to nine different cases.