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Position statement: Taking part in industrial action
If you are an HCPC registrant taking part in industrial action, the behaviours set out in our standards of conduct, performance and ethics still apply
Changes to SET 1 for paramedics
Information about this change, including how it will affect existing paramedic programmes
Carrying out and recording your CPD in challenging times
CPD activities can take many forms, and can include activity which you are doing as part of your usual working day.
My Story - Dr Cynthia Srikesavan (South Asian Heritage Month 2024)
To mark South Asian Heritage Month 2024, Cynthia Srikesavan, a senior researcher in physiotherapy at the University of Oxford and a registered physiotherapist, shares her journey into healthcare and how her background inspires her work.
My Story – Prabha Vijayakumar (South Asian Heritage Month 2024)
Prabha, a registered occupational therapist, shares her journey from India to the UK, and how she discovered her calling.
Practising safely at advanced levels of practice
Safe and effective practice is a shared responsibility between the registrant, regulators, employers and professional bodies, all working together within a legal framework.
How to make a declaration
A closer look at the situations in which you would make a health and character declaration.
Returning to practice after the pandemic - why we're reinstating a 12-month updating period
As our 12-month updating period comes into effect once more, Policy Manager Madeleine Connor looks back on the COVID-19 pandemic and circumstances that temporarily extended it.
How we’re supporting you with the updates to our standards of proficiency
Adam Haxell, Strategic Relationships Lead, sets out the activities in this key period of engagement, to raise awareness of our updated standards and help registrants overcome any barriers they may face in meeting them.
Period of adaptation (POA)
A period of supervised practice intended to make up for significant shortfalls in an international application.
CPD is not just a ‘nice to have’: Why everyone in the system should support CPD
Victoria Harris, co-author of the CPD Principles for lifelong learning, blogs about why doing CPD right is so important, and what the Principles are. Published as part of CPD Week 2025.
Consultation on HCPC registration fees
We are consulting on proposals to increase our registration fees. If adopted, the changes would be effective from 1 October 2019 and existing registrants would pay the new renewal fee when their profession next renews its registration.
New threshold for paramedic registration
In 2018, we raised the level of qualification for paramedics’ registration. Previously paramedics needed to achieve ‘Equivalent to Certificate of Higher Education’ to become registered. Currently they need to achieve ’Bachelor degree with honours’.