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The revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics and revised guidance on social media are coming into effect on 1 September 2024. We encourage all registrants to ensure they are familiar with the changes.

For those who practised as part of the COVID-19 recovery, our returning to practice processes will take into account any impact this may have had on the wider healthcare workforce.

Case study: An occupational therapist's employer raised concerns with us after the registrant left a notepad containing confidential information, pertaining to a number of service users, at the home address of a service user.

This report aims to improve understanding of the number and nature of complaints to the HCPC about paramedics and social workers in England, and to consider what actions might help prevent complaints in these professions.

This report details the work conducted to review the programme of visits and annual monitoring activities for pre-registration education and training delivered by UK public ambulance services.

Service User Expert Advisors will be engaged in an effective and targeted manner, which is reflective of the skills, expertise and experience successful candidates bring to the role

What employers need to know about our updated requirements for registrants to manage their mental and physcial health.

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

“An important step towards modernising and reforming professional regulation”

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.