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HCPC publishes retention rates of first time registrants

This report contains the HCPC’s first scientific assessment of the time new HCPC registrants stayed registered for

Standards of proficiency

Supporting your employees in understanding and meeting the revised standards of proficiency

How to make a declaration

A closer look at the three instances in which you would provide health and character information to the HCPC, and the different ways of supplying it for each. 

Unsafe clinical practice

Case study: A biomedical scientist’s employer raised concerns following an incident where the registrant failed to follow procedure. When processing samples, the registrant failed to prevent contamination, which led to inaccurate results.

HCPC blog

Latest articles from the blog

Dishonesty by falsifying time sheet and travel expense claims

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.

Disability in Healthcare: Celebrating History, Championing Inclusion, and Driving Change

Rachel Booth-Gardiner and Georgia Vine are occupational therapists with lived experiences of disabilities and founding members of disability network AbleOTUK. For Disability History Month 2024, they explore the history of disabled healthcare professionals, celebrate the achievements of AbleOTUK and review the sections of the HCPC standards relating to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Retention rates of first time HCPC international registrants 2013 to 2018

This report examines the retention rate for HCPC registrants who joined our Register via the international registration route.

The standards of proficiency for operating department practitioners

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

Education and training data

Key statistics as a summary of the picture of education and training for the professions we regulate.

Other regulators

We work closely with the other UK health regulators to share best practice

Standards relevant to education and training

The standards against which we assess education and training programmes

Policies

Details of our policies including equality, diversity and inclusion and the Welsh language scheme