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Learn about the benefits that supervision can have for your professional practice and the wider sector

Our Fitness to practise report highlights key insights from the year, explains how we protect the public and shows how we help registrants meet our standards

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.

The Health Professions Council’s review of the grandparenting process. We have produced this document because it is important that as an organisation we assess how effectively we have achieved our aims. We have tried to do this is in a balanced way, including statistics and testimonials from some of those who were involved in, or affected by, the process.

Katherine Timms, Head of Policy and Standards at the HCPC, answers the most common questions we receive from registrants about record keeping

In 2019, we commissioned the University of Surrey to produce a film evidencing the process and benefits of Schwartz rounds.

As we move forward with the wider programme of regulatory reform, we welcome this consultation to consider how the powers to introduce and remove professions from regulation might be used in the future.

Information about the cookies we use and what we use them for

The Health and Care Professions Council has recently revised our standards for prescribing, following a public consultation. The revised standards took effect on 1 September 2019.

We will draft allegations based on the relevant information we have gathered

The HCPC offices will be closed on Monday 28 August for the summer bank holiday weekend

The standards of proficiency that occupational therapists must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

The HCPC consultation on the Standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and accompanying guidance on social media closed on 16 June 2023.