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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.
Communicating during the COVID-19 pandemic
The factors to consider in applying our standards during the COVID-19 pandemic
Maintaining professional boundaries
As a registered professional, it is your responsibility to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with service users, carers and colleagues.
Make a self-referral
Step-by-step process on making a self-referral
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
Disclosing information without consent
There are a small number of circumstances where you might need to pass on information without consent, or when you have asked for consent but the service user has refused it
Reflecting by yourself
Case study: Emily is a dietitian working in an NHS Trust hospital. She also volunteers at a local charity that raises awareness about diabetes at events and conferences
What the standards say
Information on the specific sections of our standards, and how to meet them.
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
The public
As a regulator set up to protect the public, involving the public as key stakeholders is essential to our work and we are committed to this involvement in a number of our core organisational activities
MyEDI: Understanding equality, diversity and inclusion has never been so important
The HCPC has launched our annual Diversity Data Survey and we need as many registrants as possible to respond, so we can gain a better understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion across the professions we regulate.
My story - Helen Gough
To help celebrate International Podiatry Day and AHPs Day, Helen gives us an insight into her profession and what it means to be a podiatrist.