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Commonly asked record-keeping questions, answered

Katherine Timms, Head of Policy and Standards at the HCPC, answers the most common questions we receive from registrants about record keeping

Disability in Healthcare: Celebrating History, Championing Inclusion, and Driving Change

Rachel Booth-Gardiner and Georgia Vine are occupational therapists with lived experiences of disabilities and founding members of disability network AbleOTUK. For Disability History Month 2024, they explore the history of disabled healthcare professionals, celebrate the achievements of AbleOTUK and review the sections of the HCPC standards relating to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics: supporting registered professionals

With the publication of the revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics (‘the standards’) coming soon, you are no doubt wondering what you can do to support your HCPC registrants with embedding them into everyday practice. We're here to help!

Additional advice and support

Specific guidance relating to key areas, such as scope of practice, vaccine administration and specific roles

Health and wellbeing : 2023 student competition

Learning resources on health and wellbeing, created by the 2023 student competition winners.

Standards of conduct, performance and ethics

The ethical framework within which our registrants must work

Student competition

Each year, we run a competition for students who, at the time of entry, are enrolled on an HCPC-approved pre-registration programme.

Revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics: now in effect

Today the revised HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and guidance on social media which sits alongside the standards, come into effect. It is now every registrant’s responsibility to be familiar with the changes and meet the revised standards.