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Ruth Clement is Head of Kent Children’s Therapies at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. A concern was raised about a HCPC-registered therapist that Ruth line-managed. Here she gives her perspective on the events and shares tips for employers or managers in similar situations.

The duty of candour is important for anyone working in health and care, but what does it mean in practice?

We want to continually improve our support for education providers in meeting our regulatory requirements, and delivering the best programmes they can. A key part of our work is making sure we understand the experience of those going through education programmes.

We get many questions about record keeping from registrants. This page runs through the most common questions and signposts to other sources of advice

Some of our registrants have been in touch saying they are now in a position to help the NHS and want to know how to offer support

It’s always exciting when new technologies arrive that can save us time and have the potential to help us to achieve new things. But it’s important we are mindful of the risks when adopting any new technology.

One of the core principles of our quality assurance approach is to use data and intelligence in our decision-making.

Information about the cookies used on our website and how to review your preferences and consent.

This policy explains how we investigate information we receive that indicates a registrant’s fitness to practise may be impaired because of their physical or mental health

You need to make informed and reasonable decisions about your own practice to make sure that you always respect and protect the confidentiality of service users

How to consider applicants with convictions or cautions and make decisions regarding their suitability for registration and ability to provide a professional service for the public. 

These benefits do not need to be radical and in many cases may simply be a result of improvements you have made to your practice

Karen Philpotts, Head of Clinical Standards (MSH and MH) at Optima Health, shares a case study on the impact of well-supported CPD on one practitioner and their team.

Total number of registrants for the main HCPC Register, broken down by profession (1 March 2023).