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Revisions to our Standards of Proficiency- what you need to do

The HCPC’s  Standards of Proficiency set out the technical requirements and competencies – the proficiencies – that all registrants are required to be able to demonstrate on entry to their profession. All approved education programmes must ensure graduates can meet these standards for their profession. The revised sets of Standards of Proficiency must be delivered to all new cohorts starting from 1 September 2023. 

Advertising Botox injections on social media

As a prescription-only medicine, it is unlawful for Botox or Botox treatments to be advertised in any way to the public

Clinical scientists, prosthetists/orthotists and speech and language therapists renewals - window closing soon

The deadline for clinical scientists, prosthetists/orthotists and speech and language therapists to complete their registration renewal is fast approaching

How we use your responses to our Year in Registration survey

A key part of our work is making sure we understand the experience of those going through education programmes through our Year in Registration survey.

New legislation expands the number of professions able to issue fit notes

The UK government has introduced new legislation to allow a wider range of healthcare professionals to certify fit notes.

Visitors – documentary submissions are becoming electronic only

As part of the changes to our approval process, education providers will make electronic-only documentary submissions from September 2019

Recognising financial challenges currently facing the higher education sector

While we are not responsible for providing funding or direct financial support for the education providers or programmes we approve, we are keen to provide clarity and guidance where we can.

How we are informing our work by considering graduate experience

We want to continually improve our support for education providers in meeting our regulatory requirements, and delivering the best programmes they can. A key part of our work is making sure we understand the experience of those going through education programmes.

Partner recruitment statistics - last six months

Since January 2025 the partner team received 870 applications and recruited 117 new partners across the three regulatory functions - Education, Registration and Fitness to practise. A very warm welcome to all our new partners!

Information sharing with professional bodies

One of the core principles of our quality assurance approach is to use data and intelligence in our decision-making.

Training and annual monitoring reminders for Visitors

Complete the three online training modules by 31 March 2019, and don’t forget annual monitoring assessment days are going paperless