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To help celebrate International Podiatry Day and AHPs Day, Helen gives us an insight into her profession and what it means to be a podiatrist. 

'As much as the situation is crazy and almost worthy of an apocalypse film, I feel lucky I can go to work every day and mix with friends and colleagues. It keeps some sense of normality day to day.'

Ruth Clement is Head of Kent Children’s Therapies at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. A concern was raised about a HCPC-registered therapist that Ruth line-managed. Here she gives her perspective on the events and shares tips for employers or managers in similar situations.

Rydym wedi cynhyrchu animeiddiad i egluro sut rydym yn gweithredu a sut mae’r HCPC o fudd i’r rhai sy’n cofrestru yn ogystal ag i ddefnyddwyr y gwasanaethau

Guidance on how employers can encourage and support those wanting to return to practice

If you are a member of a union or a professional body, you should contact them

Lay Council member 

Professional practice practitioner and AHP Avril Platt gives us an insight into how a team of AHPs all work together.

Our guidance says you should use your “professional judgement” to come to decisions about what is and is not within your scope of practice (the limit of your skills, knowledge and experience). But what does this “professional judgement” look like in practice?

In 2018, we raised the level of qualification for paramedics’ registration. Previously paramedics needed to achieve ‘Equivalent to Certificate of Higher Education’ to become registered. Currently they need to achieve ’Bachelor degree with honours’.

Employees work across a variety of departments to support our operations