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Your details
How to manage and update your details on our secure system
Request confirmation of your registration status
This is also known as a certificate of current professional status (CCPS) or letter of good standing. You may require this if you're applying for a job or registration in a country outside the UK.
What happens if my concern goes to a hearing
Cases are heard by a panel acting on behalf of one of three committees
Working with employers
Employers, including those who manage, supervise or lead the work of HCPC registered professionals, play a key role providing a number of functions, including checking their employees’ registration
Case studies of fitness to practise concerns
Our case studies illustrate the types of issues that are taken into consideration by a panel when deciding if a registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired
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.
Self-referral
Step-by-step process on making a self-referral
What has changed
Find details of the revised standards of conduct performance and ethics, and how they compare to the current standards.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Changes align with amendments made to the standards of proficiency to strengthen our commitment to EDI.
Upskilling and training responsibilities
Our changes provide further guidance around scope of practice and highlight the need to make sure registrants have the knowledge, skills and experience to practise safely and effectively.
Managing existing health conditions and disabilities in the workplace
We think that it’s important to further clarify within the standards that registrants do not need to stop practising simply because they have a physical or mental health condition.
Failure to provide adequate care
Case study: A professional body raised a concern that a biomedical scientist had acted beyond her scope of practise.
Who we regulate
We protect the public by regulating 15 health and care professions
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
Unsafe clinical practice
Case study: A biomedical scientist’s employer raised concerns following an incident where the registrant failed to follow procedure. When processing samples, the registrant failed to prevent contamination, which led to inaccurate results.