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Breach of confidentiality

Case study: An occupational therapist's employer raised concerns with us after the registrant left a notepad containing confidential information, pertaining to a number of service users, at the home address of a service user.

Meeting our standards

Guidance and learning materials on putting our standards into practice and supporting professionalism

HCPC signs joint letter on supporting professionals during the busy winter period

Read our joint letter regarding the busy winter period and how we are supporting health and care professionals during this time.

Self-referral

Step-by-step process on making a self-referral

Standards of proficiency

The professional standards all registrants must meet in order to become registered, and remain on the Register

My Story - Nana-Jane Chipampe

Nana-Jane is a registered biomedical scientist currently in the third year of her PhD researching Bladder Cancer.

Supporting an environment for change

Education annual report for 2016–17 reflects on another year of progress in which we approved a diverse range of programmes delivered by a broad range of providers

Failure to provide adequate care

Case study: A professional body raised a concern that a biomedical scientist had acted beyond her scope of practise.

Bringing profession into disrepute / inappropriate comments on social media

Case study: A paramedic self-referred after he posted inappropriate comments on social media, which caused his employer to suspend him.

Inappropriate relationship with patient

Case study: A psychologist’s employer raised concerns that the registrant had taken a service user on a trip involving an overnight stay in a shared hotel room, bought the service user alcohol and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol in the presence of the service user.

Failure to conduct a full / accurate assessment

Case study: An employer raised concerns about a psychologist who did not report a service user’s suicidal thoughts to their supervisor or any other professionals. This was despite it happening repeatedly and after recording a case note.

The benefits of supervision - an employer’s perspective

The British Psychological Society's Dr Noreen Tehrani looks at the different types of supervision from an employer's perspective - including the different benefits that employers stand to gain and tips to ensure its success.