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Employers have a legal duty to provide a working environment where staff are treated fairly and equally, free from unlawful discrimination and harassment

Case study: Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) share their work on developing a reflective toolkit which supports speaking up

Raise a concern if you are an employer of a HCPC registrant

The revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics and revised guidance on social media are coming into effect on 1 September 2024. We encourage all registrants to ensure they are familiar with the changes.

It is important that you get the service user’s permission, or ‘consent’, before you share or disclose their information or use it for reasons which are not related to the care or services you provide for them

John Barwick, CEO of the HCPC, has issued a statement on the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine

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.

Prabha, a registered occupational therapist, shares her journey from India to the UK, and how she discovered her calling.

How to ensure you meet our standards when handling information about service users

To mark South Asian Heritage Month 2024, Cynthia Srikesavan, a senior researcher in physiotherapy at the University of Oxford and a registered physiotherapist, shares her journey into healthcare and how her background inspires her work.

This page covers what you should record, in what format and when. It also covers how records should be stored.

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