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Information held by the HCPC on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)

This document sets out the policy for frivolous, vexatious and abusive complaints.

See the step-by-step guidance below of how to submit further information if requested by a CPD assessor

The HCPTS makes independent decisions about registrants' fitness to practise

The UK's largest free-to-attend social care event

What’s the best way to use our standards of conduct, performance and ethics in practice?

How we deliver services to Welsh speaking members of the public

We emailed education providers due their performance review in 2025-26 in late June. Providers who will undergo the process this year (2025-26) will have been given specific requirements and a key contact to work with at the HCPC.

Learn more about the HCPC standards and how to apply them to your everyday practice

Ahead of the revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics coming into effect, HCPC Policy colleagues outline the key areas that employers, managers and leaders of registrants may wish to focus on.

If a concern is raised or referral is made about a HCPC-registered professional, our fitness to practice investigations process will begin. This flowchart summarises the steps. 

High level principles of good practice expected of everyone when consulting and or prescribing remotely from the patient

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.

For those who qualified more than five years ago and have been practising outside of the UK since qualifying