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Following comprehensive review and public consultation, the revised sets of standards were approved by the Council in March 2022.

We have introduced new standards about promoting public health and preventing ill-health. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

We have significantly expanded the role of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), placing specific importance on making sure that practice is inclusive for all service users. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

We have emphasised the importance of registrants looking after their own mental health and seeking help where necessary as a part of maintaining their fitness to practise. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

The changes between the previous standards and the updated standards are set out in these comparison tables.

Material to help registrants understand and meet the updated standards of proficiency.

Step by step guide on the complaints process

The Council has overall responsibility for protecting people using registrants' services

Partners are HCPC registrants, members of the public and legal professionals who contribute their expertise to the HCPC and play important roles in the regulatory process.

The HCPTS makes independent decisions about registrants' fitness to practise

Provide the expertise the HCPC needs for its decision making and play important roles in the regulatory process.

Find our current exciting opportunities to join our Council or Committees.

The rules and orders that underpin our organisation

We publish a range of reports including our annual reports and accounts, and our annual fitness to practise and education reports

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives a general right of access to recorded information held by public authorities