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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. 

The first page you’ll see is the ‘Before we begin’ page

Rachel Booth-Gardiner and Georgia Vine are occupational therapists with lived experiences of disabilities and founding members of disability network AbleOTUK. For Disability History Month 2024, they explore the history of disabled healthcare professionals, celebrate the achievements of AbleOTUK and review the sections of the HCPC standards relating to equality, diversity and inclusion.

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Case study: Simon is a dietitian. He has recently been considering new ways of engaging with his service users and members of the public

Guidance for those completing an online UK application to join the Register

Katherine Timms, Head of Policy and Standards at the HCPC, answers the most common questions we receive from registrants about record keeping

Learn about the benefits that supervision can have for your professional practice and the wider sector

What the key changes are, why they’ve been made and how to find out more

Our performance review reports capture the process we have undertaken to consider the performance of the institution in delivering HCPC-approved programmes.

Information about this change, including how it will affect existing paramedic programmes

Gail Nash, NHS Education for Scotland's AHP Practice Education Programme Lead, tells the story of how NHS Scotland developed models and strategies that enable AHPs to participate in meaningful supervision practice.

The standards of proficiency that operating department practitioners must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

We regulate hearing aid dispensers on the basis of their professional title and also their protected function.