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Keep up to date with the latest news and information relating to our standards, your registration and your CPD

You can easily access our standards from anywhere in a new responsive and print-friendly online format

We recently released updates to our standards of proficiency, which come into effect on 1 September 2023.

We’re reviewing our sanctions policy to improve consistency and further strengthen decision-making by independent fitness to practise (FTP) panels. The consultation is running from 29 May 2025 to 1 September 2025.

Due to planned maintenance to improve our registration services, your online account will be temporarily unavailableon the evening of Thursday 27 April, between 5-8pm GMT. 

Key findings from our year in registration survey, which aims to gather insight about how students’ education and training prepares them for practice. 

Today the revised HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and guidance on social media which sits alongside the standards, come into effect. It is now every registrant’s responsibility to be familiar with the changes and meet the revised standards.

The pandemic required us to quickly adapt how we operated as a regulator. We intend to build on this agility to ensure we deliver effective public protection through lean and intelligent regulation.

What to reflect on to get the most out of our performance review process, and how to do so

For the third year running, the HCPC has opened its student competition. 

Find out who won the HCPC student competition 2023, which asked students to design a learning session about health and wellbeing.