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Dishonesty by falsifying time sheet and travel expense claims
Case study: The NHS Counter Fraud Unit of the local NHS Trust raised concerns about a physiotherapist. On numerous occasions, the registrant submitted timesheets and claimed payments for hours they did not work.
Unsafe clinical practice
Case study: A biomedical scientist’s employer raised concerns following an incident where the registrant failed to follow procedure. When processing samples, the registrant failed to prevent contamination, which led to inaccurate results.
New sector wide consent principles launched to enhance patient safety
In collaboration with professional healthcare organisations, we have launched a set of consent principles aimed at improving informed decision-making and reducing patient and service user harm.
Are you and your team ready for the updated standards of proficiency?
As the updated standards of proficiency come into effect on 1 September 2023, you might be wondering what you need to do as a manager or employer of HCPC registrants. In this article we share ideas, tips and strategies to help you and your team prepare to embed the updated standards into everyday practice.
Our expectations for your record keeping
This page covers what you should record, in what format and when. It also covers how records should be stored.
Prescribing
To be a prescriber means to have the legal authority to issue prescriptions
Audit results
In this section we give statistics for the outcome of previous CPD audits
How should I record my CPD?
This is your personal record, and you can keep it in whatever way is most convenient for you
Breach of confidentiality
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.
High level principles for good practice in remote consultations and prescribing
High level principles of good practice expected of everyone when consulting and or prescribing remotely from the patient
CPD audit report 2015-17
This report describes the outcomes of the audits for the 16 professions who were asked to submit their CPD profile between 2015 and 2017
One week until the HCPC updated standards of proficiency come into effect
There's just one week until 1 September 2023, when the updated HCPC standards of proficiency come into effect. We encourage all registrants to ensure they understand the updates and are ready to integrate them as far as they relate to their scope of practice.