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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Christine Elliott as its Chair.

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

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.

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

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

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.

HCPC has published its Corporate Plan for 2021-22

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.

We’re reviewing our sanctions policy to improve consistency and further strengthen decision-making by independent fitness to practise (FTP) panels. The consultation is running from 29 May 2025 to 1 September 2025.

It’s always exciting when new technologies arrive that can save us time and have the potential to help us to achieve new things. But it’s important we are mindful of the risks when adopting any new technology.

Some of our registrants have been in touch saying they are now in a position to help the NHS and want to know how to offer support