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A summary of what current students will need to do to ensure they meet the updated standards of proficiency, which come into effect 1 September 2023.

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) oversees our work.

Rachael is an Occupational Therapist with over 23 years of experience. She returned to practice in 2023 after a career break.

The deadline for arts therapists to complete their registration renewal is fast approaching.

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.

There's just one week until 1 September 2023, when the updated HCPC standards of proficiency come into effect. We encourage all registrants to ensure they understand the updates and are ready to integrate them as far as they relate to their scope of practice. 

To mark LGBT+ History Month 2024, two members of the UK SLT Pride Network tell us about their journeys in healthcare and how they have grappled with the barriers they face.

Our changes provide further guidance around scope of practice and highlight the need to make sure registrants have the knowledge, skills and experience to practise safely and effectively. 

Panel Members consider information and evidence presented to them to reach well-reasoned and fair decisions on registrants’ fitness to practise cases

You can easily access our standards from anywhere in a new responsive and print-friendly online format

For the third year running, the HCPC has opened its student competition. 

Legal Assessors are legally qualified and provide advice to panels of the HCPC’s statutory committees and Council on questions of law