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My Story - Srikesavan Sabapathy (South Asian Heritage Month 2023)
To mark South Asian Heritage Month 2023, Srikesavan Sabapathy shares his story of coming to the UK as an international registrant.
Failure to conduct a full / accurate assessment
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.
Reflecting on LGBT+ History Month 2025
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.
Maintaining professional boundaries
As a registered professional, it is your responsibility to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with service users, carers and colleagues.
Professional Liaison Service
The HCPC Professional Liaison Service was established in 2020 following a decision to invest in more upstream regulation. Upstream regulation describes an approach to regulation that is focussed on prevention, partnership and support.
Communicating during the COVID-19 pandemic
The factors to consider in applying our standards during the COVID-19 pandemic
When something goes wrong, openness is in everybody’s best interests
Vince Clarke, paramedic and senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, discusses the challenges you may face when something goes wrong
Catharine Seddon
Lay Council member
New supervision resources to help you and your practise
We are very pleased to have launched our new online materials on supervision, which provide practical advice and support for registrants and their supervisors
Alice Gair
Council Apprentice
Inappropriate relationship with patient
Case study: A psychologist’s employer raised concerns that the registrant had taken a service user on a trip involving an overnight stay in a shared hotel room, bought the service user alcohol and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol in the presence of the service user.
Registration FAQs
Some of the questions we most frequently get asked by registrants
What the standards say
Information on the specific sections of our standards, and how to meet them.