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Why employers should respond to the consultation on proposed changes to HCPC’s English language requirements

HCPC Policy Manager Tom Miller explains the proposals we are making and why it is especially important to hear from employers and managers of HCPC registrants, who have experience of how the current arrangements are working.

What you should expect from your health and care professional

A guide for people who use the services of, or are treated, by professionals regulated by the HCPC.

Key statistics on education and training for HCPC professions

We have provided key statistics as a summary of the picture of education and training for the professions we regulate, and how that picture is changing.

Oversight

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) oversees our work.

Diversity data: operating department practitioners - March 2023

This factsheet provides key EDI information for operating department practitioners and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

Diversity data: prosthetists / orthotists - November 2023

This factsheet provides key EDI information for prosthetists / orthotists and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

Flowchart: the fitness to practise investigations process

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. 

Inappropriate relationship with patient

Case study: A psychologist’s employer raised concerns that the registrant had taken a service user on a trip involving an overnight stay in a shared hotel room, bought the service user alcohol and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol in the presence of the service user.

Winners of the HCPC student competition 2023 announced

Find out who won the HCPC student competition 2023, which asked students to design a learning session about health and wellbeing. 

Consent and confidentiality

It is important that you get the service user’s permission, or ‘consent’, before you share or disclose their information or use it for reasons which are not related to the care or services you provide for them

Diversity data

Information held by the HCPC on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)