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Essential maintenance to our online services on Thursday 27 April 2023
Due to planned maintenance to improve our registration services, your online account will be temporarily unavailableon the evening of Thursday 27 April, between 5-8pm GMT.
Employers
Employers, including those who manage, supervise or lead the work of HCPC registered professionals, play a key role providing a number of functions, including checking their employees’ registration
Policy on use of tests of competence when assessing international registration applications
This policy sets out the nature of the tests of competence and reasons behind the approach we use.
Further information - standards for pre and post registration education programmes
We have provided the following references and links to education resources for information only
Change of name
You can use your online account to request that your name is changed on the HCPC Register
Preparation for practice: The role of the HCPC's standards of education and training in ensuring that newly qualified professionals are fit to practise
The overall aim of this project is to explore ‘preparation for practice’ of newly qualified professionals who have completed pre-registration education and training programmes approved by the HCPC. Evidence gained from this project will inform and assist the HCPC in decision-making regarding the SETs (and supporting guidance) required when preparing newly qualified professionals to be fit to practise.
Our requirements of programmes meeting the revised standards of education and training
Last summer, we asked all pre-registration programmes to plan how they would meet the revised standards of education and training (SETs). From the 2018–19 academic year, we will assess whether your programme has met these standards via our annual monitoring process.
PSA review highlights significant progress made by the HCPC
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has today published its annual performance review of the HCPC. The HCPC has met 16 of the 18 Standards of Good Regulation, regaining two fitness to practise (FTP) standards and one standard linked to registration.
Changing profile of education provision
The profile of education and training is changing, with a wider variety of pre-registration education and training programmes approved by HCPC. This includes a broader range of qualification levels, and a significant increase in the number of apprenticeship programmes in England.
Periods of adaptation (POAs)
Information about periods of supervised practice intended to make up for significant shortfalls in an international application
HCPC statement on guidance on health and character and suicidal ideation
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.