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Information on which health issues need to be declared to us, and why. 

You need to take all reasonable steps to protect information about service users. By ‘reasonable steps’, we mean that you need to take sensible, practical measures to make sure that you keep the information safe.

Leadership is a skill anyone can demonstrate, at any level. In its simplest form, it means acting as a role model and displaying the core aspects of professionalism.

Our changes provide further guidance around scope of practice and highlight the need to make sure registrants have the knowledge, skills and experience to practise safely and effectively. 

The HCPC takes a proportionate approach to investigating concerns about a registrant’s physical or mental health

Based on our recent assessments of education providers and programmes, these reports set out a ‘state of the nation’ for education and training in the 15 professions we regulate.

An overview of the information contained in this section, and how can support education providers make decisions about students' health and characer issues. 

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

Adrian Barrowdale, Strategic Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, writes about the recently-published list of disability networks and initiatives for the professions that the HCPC regulates.

To mark South Asian Heritage Month 2024, Cynthia Srikesavan, a senior researcher in physiotherapy at the University of Oxford and a registered physiotherapist, shares her journey into healthcare and how her background inspires her work.

Information about the revisions to the standards of conduct, performance and ethics, which were consulted on in 2023 and came into effect on 1 September 2024.

Our case studies illustrate the types of issues that are taken into consideration by a panel when deciding if a registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired