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What the standards say
Information on the specific sections of our standards, and how to meet them.
Applicants with health condition
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.
Webinar: scope of practice
#myHCPCstandards webinar, recorded July 2024, on scope of practice.
FAQs and resources
Further information and guidance to help you determine what is and is not in your scope of practice
Sale, supply and administration
Local arrangements can be made to allow health and care professionals who are not prescribers to supply or administer medicines
Prescribing
To be a prescriber means to have the legal authority to issue prescriptions
Confidentiality and accountability
You need to make informed and reasonable decisions about your own practice to make sure that you always respect and protect the confidentiality of service users
Disclosing information without consent
There are a small number of circumstances where you might need to pass on information without consent, or when you have asked for consent but the service user has refused it
Group reflection within a team
Case study: Munira is a physiotherapist working in private practice. She has treated her service user Russel for the last three months after he was involved in a fall at home.
Reflecting by yourself
Case study: Emily is a dietitian working in an NHS Trust hospital. She also volunteers at a local charity that raises awareness about diabetes at events and conferences
Reflective practice template
Template to help you guide your own activities
Education Quality Assurance Model
The new model aims to deliver proportionate and flexible regulatory action through a more intelligent use of data and a risked based approach to education programme assurance
Raising the profile of the profession through social media
Case study: Dipak is a podiatrist who has recently started co-ordinating a campaign with his employer to promote the profession to the public
When social media use breaches service user confidentiality
Case study: Desmond is a radiographer who posted on social media about particular patient injuries and occasionally shared photos of their x-rays
Registrant snapshot - 1 October 2020
Registrant statistics by profession, application route and annotations