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How to consider applicants with convictions or cautions and make decisions regarding their suitability for registration and ability to provide a professional service for the public. 

It is now every registrant’s responsibility to meet the updated standards, as far as they relate to their scope of practice.

During the festive period this year we’ll be closing temporarily, beginning at 12 noon on 22 December 2023. We will reopen on 2 January 2024 as normal.

Watch a recording of this 45-minute webinar designed to specially for employers and managers of HCPC registrants, to support them with the updated standards of proficiency.

Learning and Development Manager Tehimna Ansari reflects on how mangers and colleagues can support Muslim colleagues during the holy month of Ramadan.

Our Education and Training Committee have taken the decision to remove HCPC’s approval of Edge Hill University’s Nurse Paramedic MSci programme from 10 September 2025.

We are seeking feedback on proposed changes to our sanctions policy to provide more clarity and guidance for panel members when deciding on the appropriate sanction in fitness to practise (FTP) cases.

Watch a recording of this 30-minute webinar designed specially for employers and managers of HCPC registrants, to support them with the revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics.

Roxanne is a Specialist Occupational Therapist with a special interest in Stroke and Neurology. Here, she tells us the story of how she returned to practice in 2021 after a career break.

Our priority is ensuring that registrants have access to advice and support, so that they can get the help they need and ensure they are able to continue to practise safely, without fear of the impact on their registration. To support this, we have produced online materials aimed at registrants and updated our guidance on health and character to include more illustrative case studies.