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Advertising Botox injections on social media

As a prescription-only medicine, it is unlawful for Botox or Botox treatments to be advertised in any way to the public

Clinical scientists, prosthetists/orthotists and speech and language therapists renewals - window closing soon

The deadline for clinical scientists, prosthetists/orthotists and speech and language therapists to complete their registration renewal is fast approaching

Visitors – documentary submissions are becoming electronic only

As part of the changes to our approval process, education providers will make electronic-only documentary submissions from September 2019

Join the conversation on #myHCPCstandards, #HCPCregistered and #myHCPCcpd on social media

Keep up to date with the latest news and information relating to our standards, your registration and your CPD

Revisions to our Standards of Proficiency- what you need to do

The HCPC’s  Standards of Proficiency set out the technical requirements and competencies – the proficiencies – that all registrants are required to be able to demonstrate on entry to their profession. All approved education programmes must ensure graduates can meet these standards for their profession. The revised sets of Standards of Proficiency must be delivered to all new cohorts starting from 1 September 2023. 

How we use your responses to our Year in Registration survey

A key part of our work is making sure we understand the experience of those going through education programmes through our Year in Registration survey.

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.

Recognising financial challenges currently facing the higher education sector

While we are not responsible for providing funding or direct financial support for the education providers or programmes we approve, we are keen to provide clarity and guidance where we can.

Partner recruitment statistics - last six months

Since January 2025 the partner team received 870 applications and recruited 117 new partners across the three regulatory functions - Education, Registration and Fitness to practise. A very warm welcome to all our new partners!