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Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

Case study: An occupational therapist's employer raised concerns with us after the registrant left a notepad containing confidential information, pertaining to a number of service users, at the home address of a service user.

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.

As a student, you should be using the standards of proficiency and standards of conduct, performance and ethics to support your learning

These pages summarise information taken from our Fitness to Practise Annual Report published in October 2024

A summary of what current students will need to do to ensure they meet the updated standards of proficiency, which come into effect 1 September 2023.

The consultation on preceptorship sets out our ambition to construct a set of principles that can support registrants, employers and the wider sector in delivering better healthcare by ensuring healthcare professionals are better supported at key points in their careers.

Our expectations of education providers delivering training in orthoptists exemptions and of orthoptists who complete this training

Your professional declaration confirms that you continue to be fit to practise and meet our standards

We keep a Register of health and care professionals who meet our standards for their training, professional skills, behaviour and health