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In this 30-minute session designed for employers and managers of HCPC registrants, we’ll introduce the revisions and move on to consider the ways in which you can support your team to understand and embed the changes.

As we move forward with the wider programme of regulatory reform, we welcome this consultation to consider how the powers to introduce and remove professions from regulation might be used in the future.

View our response to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the mandatory licensing of special procedures in Wales

In early 2017, the HCPC commenced a review of the Indicative Sanctions Policy to ensure it is up to date, reflects public opinion, and continues to support fair and proportionate decision making. As part of this review we commissioned market research into the public’s views of the Policy and undertook a public consultation.

The pandemic required us to quickly adapt how we operated as a regulator. We intend to build on this agility to ensure we deliver effective public protection through lean and intelligent regulation.

Continuing professional development (CPD) should improve your work and have a positive impact for your service users

We expect our registrants to take all reasonable steps to reduce risk of harm, and to maintain a safe practice environment

Planned changes to the paramedic education threshold have now come into force. This follows on from our consultation and decision by our Council to increase the threshold to degree level in 2018.

We required that all education providers embedded our revised standards of proficiency (SOPs) from September 2023. We have assessed education provider alignment with the SOPs, and have considered common practices and challenges with this alignment.