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Closure of the COVID-19 Temporary Register
The Government has announced that the healthcare professions temporary registers, including the HCPC temporary register, are set to close on 30 September 2022.
Naomi Nicholson joins HCPC as Executive Director of Professional Practice and Insight
HCPC is delighted to announce the appointment of Naomi Nicholson to the newly created role of Executive Director of Professional Practice and Insight.
HCPC welcomes new guidance for health professionals on the role of expert witnesses
The guidance outlines what is expected of health and care professionals called as an expert witness
HCPC launches EDI data factsheets for professions
Read the new factsheets showing the equality and diversity data of registrants broken down by profession.
New legislation expands the number of professions able to issue fit notes
The UK government has introduced new legislation to allow a wider range of healthcare professionals to certify fit notes.
Visitors – documentary submissions are becoming electronic only
As part of the changes to our approval process, education providers will make electronic-only documentary submissions from September 2019
Call-out for working group members following consultation closure
The HCPC consultation on the Standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and accompanying guidance on social media closed on 16 June 2023.
Standards of education and training: what you need to do
Last summer, we asked all pre-registration programmes to plan how they would meet the revised standards of education and training (SETs). From the 2018–19 academic year, we will assess whether your programme has met these standards via our annual monitoring process.
Updated standards of proficiency: now in effect
It is now every registrant’s responsibility to meet the updated standards, as far as they relate to their scope of practice.
HCPC statement on guidance on health and character and suicidal ideation
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.
The HCPC publishes its Principles for Preceptorship
We believe that well delivered preceptorship support has a key role to play in supporting both current and future HCPC registrants, helping them to achieve their potential and to confidently meet the needs of service users.