Search results for the care act 2014

To mark South Asian Heritage Month 2025, Krishna Gohil, a senior lecturer in podiatry and prescribing shares her journey from NHS clinical care to academia, and how her South Asian heritage continues to shape her work and inspire future healthcare professionals.

Find details of the revised standards of conduct performance and ethics, and how they compare to the current standards.

The standards of proficiency that biomedical scientists must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

The standards of proficiency that radiographer must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

The standards of proficiency that physiotherapists must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

Case study: The NHS Counter Fraud Unit of the local NHS Trust raised concerns about a physiotherapist. On numerous occasions, the registrant submitted timesheets and claimed payments for hours they did not work.

Case study: A psychologist’s employer raised concerns that the registrant had taken a service user on a trip involving an overnight stay in a shared hotel room, bought the service user alcohol and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol in the presence of the service user.

Katherine Timms, Head of Policy and Standards at the HCPC, answers the most common questions we receive from registrants about record keeping

The standards of proficiency that paramedics must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

The standards of proficiency that dietitians must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register. 

The ethical framework within which our registrants must work

What our standards say on scope of practice

What happens after your application has been successful and how you stay registered