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We expect our registrants to take all reasonable steps to reduce risk of harm, and to maintain a safe practice environment

Today we've opened the appointment process for our next Council Apprentices.

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. 

In this webinar we will explore the requirement to the requirement to look after your own health and wellbeing, ensuring you are fit to practise.

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! 

Find out who won the HCPC student competition 2025, which asked students to design a learning session about speaking up and raising concerns.  

We are seeking the views of our stakeholders on our proposal to amend our Rules to give us the express power to hold hearings remotely.

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

Service User Expert Advisors will be engaged in an effective and targeted manner, which is reflective of the skills, expertise and experience successful candidates bring to the role

A #myHCPCstandards​ webinar on getting it right when things go wrong (raising concerns and the duty of candour).

The Indicative Sanctions Policy sets out what principles Practice Committee Panels should consider when deciding what, if any, sanction should be applied to fitness to practise cases

We have significantly expanded the role of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), placing specific importance on making sure that practice is inclusive for all service users. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

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.

This study aims to generate descriptive statistics for different features of the HCPC’s Fitness to Practise processes and to address some specific questions regarding the factors which impact on costs.