Statistical summary: 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024
This information is taken from our Fitness to Practise Annual Report published in October 2024 , the report provided some analysis of our data in order to inform stakeholders and the public about this part of our work.
Anyone can tell us if they have a concern about a HCPC registrant or misuse of one of the protected professional titles.
Number of concerns
2,226
concerns received in 2023-24
2,226 concerns were received in 2023-24, of which 1,953 concerns met triage.
- The total number of concerns received in 2023–24 increased by 25.83% from the previous year (1,769)
- The total number of registrants on our Register increased by 5.88% during the same period.
There are no discernible themes behind the increase but it is a trend being experienced by other professional regulators across the healthcare system. It may be the case that the public are becoming more aware and engaged with whistleblowing procedures.
This increase makes it even more challenging to progress cases at pace, however we identified the trend in new referrals early and have taken action to plan our resources and adapt our ways of working to respond to it.
Source of concerns
Self-referral
496 cases
Employer
349 cases
Patient / service user
318 cases
Public
125 cases
Other
122 cases
HCPC registrant
72 cases
Anonymous
49 cases
Police
23 cases
Professional body
20 cases
Misuse of protected title
1 case
Not known
651 cases (The majority of these cases did not pass our triage stage and the information was not provided by the referrer)
Concerns that met triage
1,953
concerns that met triage
In the financial year 2023/24, HCPC had 1,953 Fitness to Practise (FTP) concerns reported to us that passed triage.
Those 1,953 concerns related to 1,861 individual registrants with:
- 1,787 registrants having one concern only,
- 65 registrants having two concerns,
- six registrants having three concerns,
- one registrant having four concerns,
- one registrant having five concerns, and
- one registrant having nine concerns in that period.
Concerns by profession
The profession with the highest number of concerns raised against them in this period were paramedics followed by practitioner psychologists and physiotherapists.
For all professions, the percentage of registrants subject to a concern is 0.65%.
Paramedic
516 concerns
Practitioner psychologist
330 concerns
Physiotherapist
269 concerns
Occupational therapist
191 concerns
Radiographer
163 concerns
Biomedical scientist
113 concerns
Chiropodist / podiatrist
83 concerns
Operating department practitioner
82 concerns
Speech and language therapist
49 concerns
Dietitian
43 concerns
Hearing aid dispenser
42 concerns
Arts therapist
29 concerns
Clinical scientist
17 concerns
Prosthetist / orthotist
6 concerns
Orthoptist
4 concerns
This information is taken from our Fitness to Practise Annual Report published in October 2024 , the report provided some analysis of our data in order to inform stakeholders and the public about this part of our work.
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