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Updates on our quality assurance model and reflections on the achievements and challenges. 

The Health and Care Professions Council has recently revised our standards for prescribing, following a public consultation. The revised standards took effect on 1 September 2019.

Today we've opened the appointment process for our next Council Apprentices.

Council members play a key part in setting strategy and policy for the HCPC and ensuring that public protection is at the heart of everything that we do.

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.

The HCPC consultation on the Standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and accompanying guidance on social media closed on 16 June 2023.

We are undertaking a review of the standards of education and training (SETs).

For the third year running, the HCPC has opened its student competition. 

HCPC is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Smith as their new Executive Director of Regulation.

We emailed education providers due their performance review in 2025-26 in late June. Providers who will undergo the process this year (2025-26) will have been given specific requirements and a key contact to work with at the HCPC.

The HCPC has updated its standards of proficiency for the first time since 2015. The crucial changes have been made following an extensive period of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders, to seek views and develop standards in line with current professional practice.

The deadline for dietitians to complete their registration renewal is fast approaching

The report highlights key statistics and insights and explains how we protect the public and ensure our registrants meet our standards

While we are not responsible for providing funding or direct financial support for the education providers or programmes we approve, we are keen to provide clarity and guidance where we can.