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In early 2017, the HCPC commenced a review of the Indicative Sanctions Policy to ensure it is up to date, reflects public opinion, and continues to support fair and proportionate decision making. As part of this review we commissioned market research into the public’s views of the Policy and undertook a public consultation.

Continuing professional development (CPD) should improve your work and have a positive impact for your service users

The HCPC offices will be closed on Monday 26 August for the summer bank holiday weekend

The HCPC, in collaboration with eight other professional health and care regulators, has published the latest Whistleblowing disclosures report for 2024.

This report explores the ethical experiences of practitioners working in health and social care professions and was commissioned by the Authority from Professor Deborah Bowman.

Key findings from our year in registration survey, which aims to gather insight about how students’ education and training prepares them for practice. 

Find out who won the HCPC student competition 2023, which asked students to design a learning session about health and wellbeing. 

Planned changes to the paramedic education threshold have now come into force. This follows on from our consultation and decision by our Council to increase the threshold to degree level in 2018.

This is a significant moment and we will be carefully considering the detail in the Plan and the commitments made.

The Health and Care Professions Council has recently revised our standards for prescribing, following a public consultation. The revised standards took effect on 1 September 2019.

The HCPC consultation on the Standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and accompanying guidance on social media closed on 16 June 2023.