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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.

Learning resources on the risks and opportunities of social media for healthcare professionals, created by the 2024 HCPC Student Competition winners. 

Dr Babafemi is an HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist and Lead Visitor here at the HCPC.

We regularly review our policies to ensure that they are fit for purpose.

We have developed an eLearning module which combines a refresher on EDI and includes aspects of unconscious bias and sexual harassment. In addition, all partners have to receive training on information security as they deal with information on behalf of the HCPC.

Adrian Barrowdale, Strategic Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, writes about the recently-published list of disability networks and initiatives for the professions that the HCPC regulates.

As Sue Gallone comes to the end of my eight-year term as a HCPC Council member, she reflects on her experiences and the changes that have taken place at HCPC.

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.

The deadline for operating department practitioners to complete their registration renewal is fast approaching

You can request a copy of your application or registration details at any time by placing a subject access request.

This annual report provides an account of our work investigating fitness to practise (FTP) concerns raised with us across the 15 professions we regulate.

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

We have seen diversification in learning, teaching and assessments, which are in part driven by the education sector's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have found many innovations in this area have been embedded into programmes on a permanent basis.

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is an important area to the HCPC, to ensure learners are properly supported and prepared for practice. We have identified good practice and challenges with education provider approaches to embedding EDI into their programmes.