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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!

We are delighted to introducing our four new Council Members and two new Council Apprentices.

Have your say on our Partner Portal. Has it helped you? What could we do differently? Your feedback will help us improve

As part of our Fitness to Practise (FTP) Improvement Programme to consistently enhance the communication, engagement and support we provide to people who are part of our FTP processes, we’re happy to announce that we’ve partnered with the cross regulatory independent lay advocacy service POhWER.

We’re reviewing our sanctions policy to improve consistency and further strengthen decision-making by independent fitness to practise (FTP) panels. The consultation is running from 29 May 2025 to 1 September 2025.

Our Education and Training Committee have taken the decision to remove HCPC’s approval of Edge Hill University’s Nurse Paramedic MSci programme from 10 September 2025.

Some of our registrants have been in touch saying they are now in a position to help the NHS and want to know how to offer support

It’s always exciting when new technologies arrive that can save us time and have the potential to help us to achieve new things. But it’s important we are mindful of the risks when adopting any new technology.

Your concerns, arguments, and views about the impact of HCPC’s proposed fee rise have prompted us to re-think our approach.

Mary Hannon-Fletcher is a Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Ulster University. She is also an HCPC Panel Member and Lead Visitor.