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What is your scope of practice
But how do you determine what your scope of practice is? This page, and the resources within it, will help.
Did you know our standards are online?
You can easily access our standards from anywhere in a new responsive and print-friendly online format
Creating an online application
Create an account, sign in and create a new application to get started
Employer Insights webinar: Fitness to practise
We will explore the harmful impact a poor culture can have on registrants’ ability to achieve their professional standards.
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.
Education and Training Committee
The Education and Training Committee advises the Council on matters relating to education, training and registration
Service announcement: Christmas and New Year 2022
Information about our closing dates and which online services are still running.
Focus on tailoring outputs
Supporting information which expands on the delivery elements of Preceptorship Principle 5 - Delivering preceptorship programmes
Reclassification of gabapentin and pregabalin
From midnight on 1st April 2019, gabapentin and pregabalin will be reclassified as Schedule 3 controlled drugs, under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (2001), and Class C of the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971)
Failure to provide adequate care
Case study: A paramedic self-referred with an allegation that he carried out inadequate assessments.
Dishonesty – fraud
Case study: An employer raised concerns about an operating department practitioner’s (ODP) conviction of fraud. For this conviction, she was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment and suspended for 24 months.
Failure to maintain adequate records
Case study: An occupational therapist’s employer raised concerns relating to their clinical practice and conduct, following a number of incidents relating to nine different cases.
Driving under the influence of alcohol
Case study: A podiatrist self-referred following a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Preceptorship for registrants working outside the NHS, including as sole practitioners
We recognise that many HCPC registrants are employed or work outside the NHS structures, where preceptorship is less well known and may be more difficult to access.