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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
Standards of proficiency
The professional standards all registrants must meet in order to become registered, and remain on the Register
Registrant hub
This hub provides the latest updates and information for HCPC registrants
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
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.
My Story - Nana-Jane Chipampe
Nana-Jane is a registered biomedical scientist currently in the third year of her PhD researching Bladder Cancer.
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.
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.
Person-centred care
As a health and care professional, you must promote and protect the interests of service users and carers
Failure to provide adequate care
Case study: A paramedic self-referred with an allegation that he carried out inadequate assessments.
Self-referral
Step-by-step process on making a self-referral
Employer hub
Everything you need to support your employees, whether you’re looking for information on the registration process or events to connect with us
An employer's perspective: Supporting a registrant through fitness to practise proceedings
Ruth Clement is Head of Kent Children’s Therapies at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. A concern was raised about a HCPC-registered therapist that Ruth line-managed. Here she gives her perspective on the events and shares tips for employers or managers in similar situations.