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High level principles of good practice expected of everyone when consulting and or prescribing remotely from the patient

HCPC is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Smith as their new Executive Director of Regulation.

Pam chairs a divisional EDI committee and is currently employed as a Professional Lead Allied Health Professional in a large Community NHS Foundation Trust, serving a diverse and multi-ethnic community.

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?

The standards of proficiency that radiographer must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

The HCPC has updated its standards of proficiency for the first time since 2015. The crucial changes have been made following an extensive period of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders, to seek views and develop standards in line with current professional practice.

Our Fitness to Practise Annual Report published in October 2024 provided some analysis of our data in order to inform stakeholders and the public about this part of our work. Further analyses of our data are included in this new report and are in two sections.

HCPC Policy Manager Tom Miller explains the proposals we are making and why it is especially important to hear from employers and managers of HCPC registrants, who have experience of how the current arrangements are working.

The following terms are defined in the context of preceptorship.

The standards of proficiency that chiropodists / podiatrists must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register.