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HCPC fitness to practise proceedings: investigations, committees, hearings and sanctions (UK)

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Who is the Health and Care Professions Council (‘HCPC’)?

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is the statutory regulator for the health professions listed below, established by the Health Professions Order 2001. Its core remit is to set and uphold standards of education, training, conduct and performance for registrants. This Practice Note outlines HCPC fitness to practise (FtP) processes, investigations, and applications for restoration to the Register, and should be read alongside the Practice Notes: Common principles in fitness to practise proceedings and Criminal proceedings and convictions in healthcare regulatory proceedings. The Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) provides FtP adjudication for the HCPC.

The HCPC regulates these professions:

  • arts therapists
  • biomedical scientists
  • chiropodists/podiatrists
  • clinical scientists
  • dietitians
  • hearing aid dispensers
  • occupational therapists
  • operating department practitioners
  • orthoptists
  • paramedics
  • physiotherapists
  • practitioner psychologists
  • prosthetists/orthotists
  • radiographers
  • speech and language therapists

The HCPC’s role is to protect, promote and maintain:

  • the health, safety and well-being of the public
  • public confidence in the professions it regulates...
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