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As the updated standards of proficiency come into effect on 1 September 2023, you might be wondering what you need to do as a manager or employer of HCPC registrants. In this article we share ideas, tips and strategies to help you and your team prepare to embed the updated standards into everyday practice.

This page lists the other organisations that are responsible for regulating, and investigating concerns about, health and care professionals in the UK.

See the step-by-step guidance below of how to activate your account

The Fitness to practise annual report highlights key statistics and insights and explains how we protect the public and ensure our registrants meet our standards

For those who qualified more than five years ago and have been practising outside of the UK since qualifying

Case study: An occupational therapist's employer raised concerns with us after the registrant left a notepad containing confidential information, pertaining to a number of service users, at the home address of a service user.

For HCPC registrants who have come to work in the UK via our international registration route, preceptorship can provide a way to support acculturation to both their new working environment and to living in the UK.

There are a number of regulators – such as the General Medical Council, the Care Quality Commission and us – who may need you to pass on information to them

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

We keep a Register of health and care professionals who meet our standards for their training, professional skills, behaviour and health

Statistical summary of the HCPC Register, including the number of registrants by profession, age profile and working location.

An online session for current students, focusing on the forthcoming updates to the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics.

How we ensure our content and services meet the needs of all our stakeholders

We have worked with the UK Government to create a COVID-19 temporary register, of two parts