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Health Professions Council response to CHRE performance review report 2009/10
HPC responds to Government report titled, Liberating the NHS: Report of the arms-length bodies review
Building a safe and confident future: One year on progress report from the Social Work Reform Board
Health and Social Care Bill
Command Paper Response 'Enabling Excellence'
HPC position on voluntary registers
HPC Position on the statutory regulation of Herbalist and Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners
The Health Professions Council responds to Professor Munro's report
HPC comment on Panorama's Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed
HPC responds to the Sky News Story: NHS 'Cover-Up' Angers Widow
The standards of proficiency for social workers in England and the professional capabilities framework
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The standards of proficiency for social workers in England and the professional capabilities framework
Independent prescribing for chiropodists/podiatrists and physiotherapists
The Health and Care Professions Council responds to the South Gloucestershires Safeguarding Adults Board Winterbourne Hospital Serious Case Review
Regulation of adult social care workforce in England
Robert Francis report into Mid Staffordshire NHS trust
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