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A few updates from our Finance Department

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

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.

Ruth Clement is Head of Kent Children’s Therapies at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. A concern was raised about a HCPC-registered therapist that Ruth line-managed. Here she gives her perspective on the events and shares tips for employers or managers in similar situations.

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

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.

How we're ensuring our standards reflect the expectations of a modern day health service and the real lived-in context you work in

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

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

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