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The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) oversees our work.

Supporting your employees in understanding and meeting the revised standards of proficiency

Copies of your documents must be correctly certified by a person of standing in the community

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.

See the step-by-step guidance below of how to submit deferral request

Find individual position statements from the HCPC

For applicants who trained outside the United Kingdom

We've published a statement on how we assess the eligibility of programmes against the threshold level

The first page you’ll see is the ‘Before we begin’ page

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. 

Snapshot of outcomes related to the HCPC’s education function for the 2018-19 academic year

Registration Appeals Panel Members consider and determine appeals regarding admittance to the register, renewal and removal from the register

We have emphasised the need to be able to keep up to date with digital skills and new technologies. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions.

The first page you’ll see is the ‘Before we begin’ page

Rachel Booth-Gardiner and Georgia Vine are occupational therapists with lived experiences of disabilities and founding members of disability network AbleOTUK. For Disability History Month 2024, they explore the history of disabled healthcare professionals, celebrate the achievements of AbleOTUK and review the sections of the HCPC standards relating to equality, diversity and inclusion.