Search results for the care act 2014

What we are looking for when you involve service users and carers in your programme

Case study: An employer raised concerns about an operating department practitioner’s (ODP) conviction of fraud. For this conviction, she was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment and suspended for 24 months.

To mark South Asian Heritage Month 2025, Krishna Gohil, a senior lecturer in podiatry and prescribing shares her journey from NHS clinical care to academia, and how her South Asian heritage continues to shape her work and inspire future healthcare professionals.

Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) invite you to a workshop to discuss our ongoing work to develop guidance principles for preceptorship.

Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) invite you to a workshop to discuss our ongoing work to develop guidance principles for preceptorship.

Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) invite you to a workshop to discuss our ongoing work to develop guidance principles for preceptorship.

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.

The standards of proficiency that hearing aid dispensers must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

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

Case study: The NHS Counter Fraud Unit of the local NHS Trust raised concerns about a physiotherapist. On numerous occasions, the registrant submitted timesheets and claimed payments for hours they did not work.

In July 2006 we decided to review the standards so that we could make sure that they continued to be fit for purpose and that they conformed to the expectations of the public, registrants and other stakeholders.