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Employers, including those who manage, supervise or lead the work of HCPC registered professionals, play a key role providing a number of functions, including checking their employees’ registration

Case study: Raff is a hearing aid dispenser working in independent practice. He has just started running his own business as a sole practitioner in a remote location in the Scottish Highlands.

You’ll be asked to sign a declaration regarding background checks to enable us to check that they are genuine with the organisations or individuals who provided them

Guidance about our revised standard, which came into effect in September 2017. We are currently undertaking a rolling review of how programmes meet the revised standards.

Case study: An employer raised concerns about a psychologist who did not report a service user’s suicidal thoughts to their supervisor or any other professionals. This was despite it happening repeatedly and after recording a case note.

Case study: An occupational therapist’s employer raised concerns relating to their clinical practice and conduct, following a number of incidents relating to nine different cases.

Our changes set out a process for registrants to follow when things go wrong which better aligns with our guidance.

Our aim to be a high performing regulator which delivers forward-looking regulation underpinned by strong data, collaboration and compassion

Case study: A dietitian’s employer raised concerns about their clinical practice and conduct, following a number of incidents relating to six different service users.

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A trade union is a group of employees who join together to promote their collective interest and conditions.

This page covers what you should record, in what format and when. It also covers how records should be stored.