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Ruth Clement is Head of Kent Children’s Therapies at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. A concern was raised about a HCPC-registered therapist that Ruth line-managed. Here she gives her perspective on the events and shares tips for employers or managers in similar situations.

The HCPC Professional Liaison Service was established in 2020 following a decision to invest in more upstream regulation. Upstream regulation describes an approach to regulation that is focussed on prevention, partnership and support.

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

HCPC Policy Lead, Rosemary Flowers-Wanjie, explains the background behind our development and publication of content support registrants with sustainable practice.

The people we work with are central to helping us achieve effective and efficient regulation

Read our FAQs and information on how to apply our standards during the COVID-19 pandemic

This factsheet provides key EDI information for speech and language therapists and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

This factsheet provides key EDI information for hearing aid dispensers and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

We recognise that many HCPC registrants are employed or work outside the NHS structures, where preceptorship is less well known and may be more difficult to access.

The HCPC takes a proportionate approach to investigating concerns about a registrant’s physical or mental health

Our corporate plan sets out the important development work we want to achieve to progress our strategy

As an organisation, our aim is to provide the best customer service we can for all our registrants and stakeholders

We use a risk model which allows us to be consistent in the application of our standards and processes.

How to consider applicants with convictions or cautions and make decisions regarding their suitability for registration and ability to provide a professional service for the public.