Welcome to the ninth fitness to practise annual report of the Health Professions Council (HPC) covering the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012. On Wednesday 1 August 2012 our name changed to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). As this report covers a period before that date, we have referred to ourselves throughout as the Health Professions Council (HPC). This report provides information about the HPC’s work in considering allegations about the fitness to practise of HPC registrants.