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How we make the final decisions around approval. 

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.

Learn about the benefits that supervision can have for your professional practice and the wider sector

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

Rachael is the Deputy Superintendent Radiographer at St George's University Hospitals in London

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

We review our standards periodically to ensure that they are up-to date with current practice.

HCPC research on effective clinical and peer supervision in the workplace

A look at the responsibilities of, and resources for, education providers concerned about the impact of a student's health condition on their ability to practice.

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

Tista Chakravarty-Gannon, Head of Strategic Delivery and National Engagement for Outreach England at the GMC, is writes about the workshop that has helped supervisors of internationally-trained medical graduates (IMGs) to support their teams.

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.