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It is now every registrant’s responsibility to meet the updated standards, as far as they relate to their scope of practice.

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has met 16 of the 18 Standards of Good Regulation in the performance review by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for last year.

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is pleased to announce that Dr Iain McGregor, Director of Innovation and Resources at the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA), has joined HCPC as Adviser to Council on Technology-Led Innovation. 

This report explores the ethical experiences of practitioners working in health and social care professions and was commissioned by the Authority from Professor Deborah Bowman.

Our priority is ensuring that registrants have access to advice and support, so that they can get the help they need and ensure they are able to continue to practise safely, without fear of the impact on their registration. To support this, we have produced online materials aimed at registrants and updated our guidance on health and character to include more illustrative case studies.

Muhammad is a HCPC-registered clinical scientist and registration appeals panel member

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.

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.

If you are an HCPC registrant taking part in industrial action, the behaviours set out in our standards of conduct, performance and ethics still apply