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Revisions to our standards of education and training

Guidance about our revised standard, which came into effect in September 2017. We are currently undertaking a rolling review of how programmes meet the revised standards.

Employer Insights webinar: Standards of proficiency

Exploring the new standards of proficiency for HCPC registered professionals, which include new standards on leadership, meeting EDI responsibilities and service user engagement.

Registrant snapshot - 4 February 2025

Total number of registrants for the HCPC Register, broken down by profession and application route to registration (4 February 2025).

Returning to practice

This document is for health and care professionals who are not registered, and who need to apply for readmission to the Register

Changing profile of education provision

The profile of education and training is changing, with a wider variety of pre-registration education and training programmes approved by HCPC. This includes a broader range of qualification levels, and a significant increase in the number of apprenticeship programmes in England.

Programme capacity

With various initiatives across the four UK nations, we have seen (and expect to see further) increases in the total number of learners within professions, nations, and regions. We have noted an impact on practice-based learning, education provider resources, and innovations in delivery models due to these initiatives.

Standards of education and training: pre-consultation workshop (students)

We’re currently reviewing the standards of education and training to make sure they're up-to-date with current practice. We invite all students and learners on HCPC-approved programmes to an online workshop to share their thoughts.

Registrant snapshot - 7 January 2025

Total number of registrants for the HCPC Register, broken down by profession and application route to registration (7 January 2025).

Registrant snapshot - 1 December 2024

Total number of registrants for the HCPC Register, broken down by profession and application route to registration (1 December 2024).

Naidex 2018

Accredited CPD seminars and live CPD demos at Naidex, Europe’s most far-reaching trade, professional and consumer show dedicated to the care, rehabilitation and lifestyle of people with disabilities

What you need to do for annual monitoring 2019–20

This year we're asking you to provide extra evidence to show how your programme has monitored practice-based learning and the involvement of service users and carers

Case studies of fitness to practise concerns

Our case studies illustrate the types of issues that are taken into consideration by a panel when deciding if a registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired

Dishonesty – fraud

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.