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We understand that employers and managers often want to provide guidance and support to employees who are going through the fitness to practise process

If a concern is raised about an employee, we may ask you for information as their employer or manager

Aim: To improve our performance against PSA standards of good regulation and to innovate across all our regulatory functions to provide an enhanced user experience

Council, committee and public liaison group meetings are public so anyone can attend

The HCPC’s  Standards of Proficiency set out the technical requirements and competencies – the proficiencies – that all registrants are required to be able to demonstrate on entry to their profession. All approved education programmes must ensure graduates can meet these standards for their profession. The revised sets of Standards of Proficiency must be delivered to all new cohorts starting from 1 September 2023. 

This document tells you what to do if you want to raise a concern about one of our registrants.

Case study: An occupational therapist's employer raised concerns with us after the registrant left a notepad containing confidential information, pertaining to a number of service users, at the home address of a service user.

Mary Hannon-Fletcher is a Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Ulster University. She is also an HCPC Panel Member and Lead Visitor.

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 Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has today published its annual performance review of the HCPC. The HCPC has met 16 of the 18 Standards of Good Regulation, regaining two fitness to practise (FTP) standards and one standard linked to registration.

Information to help education providers meet our regulatory requirements when setting up Degree Apprenticeships

We consider concerns about professionals who are registered with us, and whether they are able to practise safely and effectively.

Registration assessors assess applications from health professionals who are eligible to apply via the international, EMR or grandparenting application routes