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PSA review highlights significant progress made by the HCPC
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has today published its annual performance review of the HCPC. The HCPC has met 16 of the 18 Standards of Good Regulation, regaining two fitness to practise (FTP) standards and one standard linked to registration.
ICP threshold policy
On 14 January we launched our new Threshold Policy for Fitness to Practise Investigations and Approach to the Investigation of Health Matters policy.
Working upstream to ensure education providers meet our high regulatory standards
We take a flexible approach when undertaking our education quality assurance assessment activities, aiming to be ‘right touch’ in our regulatory activities.
What you need to do for annual monitoring 2019–20
This year we're asking you to provide extra evidence to show how your programme has monitored practice-based learning and the involvement of service users and carers
Updated standards of proficiency: now in effect
It is now every registrant’s responsibility to meet the updated standards, as far as they relate to their scope of practice.
Updates to our international applications process
Applicants who apply through our international route will now need to map their qualifications, experience, and training against our standards, in a standards of proficiency mapping document.
Standards of education and training: what you need to do
Last summer, we asked all pre-registration programmes to plan how they would meet the revised standards of education and training (SETs). From the 2018–19 academic year, we will assess whether your programme has met these standards via our annual monitoring process.
HCPC statement on guidance on health and character and suicidal ideation
Our priority is ensuring that registrants have access to advice and support, so that they can get the help they need and ensure they are able to continue to practise safely, without fear of the impact on their registration. To support this, we have produced online materials aimed at registrants and updated our guidance on health and character to include more illustrative case studies.
HCPC responds to the publication of the PSA’s 'Learning from Covid-19' report
The Professional Standards Authority has today published a report on the actions taken by regulators in the first phase of the pandemic, entitled Learning from Covid-19.
What our Fitness to practise annual report shows
The level of public concern in our professions remains small, but it is rising
All hearing related activity, October – December 2018
Quarterly stats update from the HCPTS team.
Update on the Indicative Sanctions Policy review
In early 2017, the HCPC commenced a review of the Indicative Sanctions Policy to ensure it is up to date, reflects public opinion, and continues to support fair and proportionate decision making. As part of this review we commissioned market research into the public’s views of the Policy and undertook a public consultation.