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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.

This is the final stage of the process, but it is separate from the application

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

Hear employers talking about their role in managing HCPC registrants. 

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.

We have worked with the UK Government to create a COVID-19 temporary register, of two parts

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

An online session for current students, focusing on the forthcoming updates to the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics.

The factors to consider in applying our standards during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

For the third year running, the HCPC has opened its student competition. 

We required that all education providers embedded our revised standards of proficiency (SOPs) from September 2023. We have assessed education provider alignment with the SOPs, and have considered common practices and challenges with this alignment.

Paul Chapman on the benefits for employers in supporting professionals back to practice