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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Christine Elliott as its Chair.

The guidance outlines what is expected of health and care professionals called as an expert witness

The Council has overall responsibility for protecting people using registrants' services

The regulatory documents, policies and procedures that govern how we operate

New materials outline what candour means and what it looks like in practice.

This annual report provides an account of our work in 2021-22 investigating fitness to practise (FTP) concerns raised with us about the 15 professions we regulate.

What’s the best way to use our standards of conduct, performance and ethics in practice?

We emailed education providers due their performance review in 2025-26 in late June. Providers who will undergo the process this year (2025-26) will have been given specific requirements and a key contact to work with at the HCPC.

Learn more about the HCPC standards and how to apply them to your everyday practice

Health and Care Professions Council response to NHS England’s consultation on proposed amendments to the list of controlled drugs that physiotherapists can independently prescribe across the United Kingdom

An overview of the information contained in this section, and how can support education providers make decisions about students' health and characer issues. 

Ahead of the revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics coming into effect, HCPC Policy colleagues outline the key areas that employers, managers and leaders of registrants may wish to focus on.