Search results for care act 2014

Blog by Katherine Timms, Head of Policy and Standards, explaining how professionals on our register can use social media appropriately.

We have improved the central role of the service user, including a focus on valid consent and effective communication. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

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.

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

Adrian Barrowdale, Strategic Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) reflects on the challenges still faced by LGBT+ people and the opportunities to build on the history of the LGBT+ rights movements.

As a registered professional, it is your responsibility to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with service users, carers and colleagues.

This factsheet provides key EDI information for occupational therapists and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

This factsheet provides key EDI information for biomedical scientists and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

This factsheet provides key EDI information for orthoptists and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

This factsheet provides key EDI information for paramedics and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

This factsheet provides key EDI information for clinical scientists and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

This factsheet provides key EDI information for practitioner psychologists and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall