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The HCPC’s  Standards of Proficiency set out the technical requirements and competencies – the proficiencies – that all registrants are required to be able to demonstrate on entry to their profession. All approved education programmes must ensure graduates can meet these standards for their profession. The revised sets of Standards of Proficiency must be delivered to all new cohorts starting from 1 September 2023. 

We emailed education providers due their performance review in 2022-23 and 2023-24 in early August. Providers who will undergo the process this year (2022-23) will have been given specific requirements and a key contact to work with at the HCPC. 

Our quality assurance approach means we use data and intelligence to inform how we undertake assessments. A great example of this is some work we recently carried out with Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW).

We've opened our student competition, now in its fourth year. A £300 voucher prize is up for grabs!

The HCPC has published its Corporate Plan 2025-26, setting out how we will continue to make progress on each of our six strategic priorities over the next year.

Following our consultation with registrants, professional bodies, trade unions, and the public last year, the legislation to implement our latest proposed fee increase has now been approved in both the UK and Scottish Parliaments.

The most recent performance assessment report regarding the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has been published by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) today.  

Registrants should continue to contact their employers who are best placed to answer questions about any supplier issues they are experiencing.

On Friday 5 September our Fitness to Practise team will be attending a division-wide development day and will not be available.

Our Education and Training Committee have taken the decision to remove HCPC’s approval of Edge Hill University’s Nurse Paramedic MSci programme from 10 September 2025.

New analysis of HCPC data suggests that, despite 14 of the 15 professions that we regulate growing in numbers, retention remains an issue.