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Who we work with

How we inform, educate and consult with our stakeholders

As set out in our legislation, the Health Professions Order 2001,

"The Council shall inform and educate registrants, and shall inform the public, about its work" (Article 3 (13)).

We also have a duty to consult with stakeholders on a number of issues, for example, the setting of standards or the issuing of guidance.

In carrying out our UK-wide responsibilities, we work closely with a number of other organisations and individuals including professional bodies, government, employers, trade unions, service users and the public.

Some of these activities are listed below. It is not intended as an exhaustive list, but gives an outline of our stakeholder work.

Education providers

We work closely with education providers to ensure that training programmes meet and continue to meet our standards

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Professional bodies

These organisations do work which may include promoting the profession, representing members, curriculum frameworks, post registration education and training and continuing professional development.

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Trade unions

A trade union is a group of employees who join together to promote their collective interest and conditions.

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Other regulators

We work closely with the other UK health regulators to share best practice

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Employers

Employers, including those who manage, supervise or lead the work of HCPC registered professionals, play a key role providing a number of functions, including checking their employees’ registration

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The public

As a regulator set up to protect the public, involving the public as key stakeholders is essential to our work and we are committed to this involvement in a number of our core organisational activities

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Registrants and representative organisations

Communicating with our registrants is essential to the work that we do. It is important that registrants are kept up to date with developments that affect their professional registration

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Memoranda of understanding

View our memorandums of understanding, which are agreements by two or more organisations committing them to work together to support common goals

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Page updated on: 29/11/2018
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