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Our guidance says you should use your “professional judgement” to come to decisions about what is and is not within your scope of practice (the limit of your skills, knowledge and experience). But what does this “professional judgement” look like in practice?

This page provides information for registrants and answers some frequently asked questions.

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.

Anyone not on our Register who uses a designated title may be breaking the law and could be prosecuted

Case study: The NHS Counter Fraud Unit of the local NHS Trust raised concerns about a physiotherapist. On numerous occasions, the registrant submitted timesheets and claimed payments for hours they did not work.

Case study: An employer raised concerns about an operating department practitioner’s (ODP) conviction of fraud. For this conviction, she was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment and suspended for 24 months.

Pam chairs a divisional EDI committee and is currently employed as a Professional Lead Allied Health Professional in a large Community NHS Foundation Trust, serving a diverse and multi-ethnic community.

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

We're looking to appoint up to three lay Council members and one registrant Council member

Learn how to overcome the challenges of being open and honest in practice.

Nine healthcare regulators, including the HCPC, have signed a joint statement outlining the processes and advantages of good reflective practice