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Standards in practice: how to report concerns about safety
Taking action when you have concerns is an important part of professional practice, but sometimes it’s difficult to know how to raise concerns appropriately.
Adapting your practice in the community
The factors to consider in applying our standards during the COVID-19 pandemic
Approach to fitness to practise investigations and hearings
HCPC statement of approach to fitness to practise investigations and hearings during the COVID-19 pandemic
Unsafe clinical practice
Case study: A biomedical scientist’s employer raised concerns following an incident where the registrant failed to follow procedure. When processing samples, the registrant failed to prevent contamination, which led to inaccurate results.
What happens if a concern about me goes to a hearing
If the Investigating Committee decides there is a case to answer, the case will go forward for a final hearing
Introduction to confidentiality
Confidentiality means protecting personal information, this information might include details of a service user’s lifestyle, family, health or care needs which they want to be kept private
Standards of conduct, performance and ethics
These standards set out, in general terms, how we expect our registrants to behave. We will use them if someone raises a concern about a registrant’s practice, and for decisions about the character of professionals who apply to our Register.
How and why we review the standards
The background to why we made the changes, including the consultation process.
Fitness to practise
This page provides information about what we mean by 'fitness to practise', and our role in relation to it.
What happens if my concern goes to a hearing
Cases are heard by a panel acting on behalf of one of three committees