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If a concern is raised or referral is made about a HCPC-registered professional, our fitness to practice investigations process will begin. This flowchart summarises the steps. 

Insight and analysis of our work in fitness to practise,  education and training, CPD audits and The Register 

As a registered professional, it is your responsibility to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with service users, carers and colleagues.

Employers, including those who manage, supervise or lead the work of HCPC registered professionals, play a key role providing a number of functions, including checking their employees’ registration

This page provides information for managers, multi-disciplinary strategic leaders and employing organisations that work with registrants working at or towards advanced levels of practice.

Find out who won the HCPC student competition 2024, which asked students to design a learning session about social media. 

Each year, we run a competition for students who are enrolled on an HCPC-approved pre-registration programme.

It is important that you get the service user’s permission, or ‘consent’, before you share or disclose their information or use it for reasons which are not related to the care or services you provide for them

This page covers what you should record, in what format and when. It also covers how records should be stored.

What it means to practise at advanced levels and advice on how to ensure you are continuing to practise lawfully, safely, and effectively as you develop your career.

Changes align with amendments made to the standards of proficiency to strengthen our commitment to EDI.

What’s the best way to use our standards of conduct, performance and ethics in practice?

Read our FAQs and information on how to apply our standards during the COVID-19 pandemic

As an employer or manager, you will manage any concerns about your employees’ performance or behaviour