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A trade union is a group of employees who join together to promote their collective interest and conditions.

We have improved the central role of the service user, including a focus on valid consent and effective communication. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

But how do you determine what your scope of practice is? This page, and the resources within it, will help.

Our standards form the foundation for how we regulate, explaining what we expect of our registrants and education and training programmes. 

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.

Our guidance says you should use your “professional judgement” to come to decisions about what is and is not within your scope of practice (the limit of your skills, knowledge and experience). But what does this “professional judgement” look like in practice?

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

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.

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