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

HCPC is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Smith as their new Executive Director of Regulation.

Raise a concern if you are an employer of a HCPC registrant

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.