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As our 12-month updating period comes into effect once more, Policy Manager Madeleine Connor looks back on the COVID-19 pandemic and circumstances that temporarily extended it.

Council Apprentice

We have significantly expanded the role of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), placing specific importance on making sure that practice is inclusive for all service users. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

As a regulator set up to protect the public, involving the public as key stakeholders is essential to our work and we are committed to this involvement in a number of our core organisational activities

Some of the frequently asked questions journalists have about the HCPC

The factors to consider in applying our standards during the COVID-19 pandemic

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

New materials outline what candour means and what it looks like in practice.

We think that it’s important to further clarify within the standards that registrants do not need to stop practising simply because they have a physical or mental health condition.

We have produced an animation to explain how we operate and how the HCPC benefits both registrants and service users

Council Apprentice

We are very pleased to have launched our new online materials on supervision, which provide practical advice and support for registrants and their supervisors

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.

Some of the questions we most frequently get asked by registrants