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What the key changes are, why they’ve been made and how to find out more

The first page you’ll see is the ‘Before we begin’ page

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

Case study: A psychologist’s employer raised concerns that the registrant had taken a service user on a trip involving an overnight stay in a shared hotel room, bought the service user alcohol and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol in the presence of the service user.

Information about this change, including how it will affect existing paramedic programmes

We've published a statement on how we assess the eligibility of programmes against the threshold level

Hear employers talking about their role in managing HCPC registrants. 

Supporting your employees in understanding and meeting the revised standards of proficiency

Gail Nash, NHS Education for Scotland's AHP Practice Education Programme Lead, tells the story of how NHS Scotland developed models and strategies that enable AHPs to participate in meaningful supervision practice.

See the step-by-step guidance below of how to submit deferral request

The standards of proficiency that occupational therapists must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

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.

We have emphasised the need to be able to keep up to date with digital skills and new technologies. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions.