Category: Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

FEATURE: Assessing insight when a registrant denies allegations in fitness to practise proceedings

by f2p_admin | Nov 8, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

Fitness to practise defence barristers, Kings View Medical, looks at insight in circumstances when a registrant denies allegations.

PSA updates right-touch regulation framework to address modern challenges in fitness to practise

by f2p_admin | Oct 18, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Professional Standards Authority (PSA) | 0 |

PSA has released the 2025 edition of its Right-touch regulation framework, offering updated guidance for health and social care regulators.

HCPC launches £28.8m framework to support fitness to practise casework

by f2p_admin | Oct 12, 2025 | Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) | 0 |

HCPC has announced a major procurement initiative worth up to £28.8 million to secure external support for its fitness to practise caseload.

Retention challenges threaten long-term fitness to practise oversight, warns HCPC

by f2p_admin | Sep 29, 2025 | Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) | 0 |

HCPC has raised fresh concerns about workforce retention across its 15 regulated professions.

Research urges overhaul of healthcare complaints systems to improve clarity, access, and public trust.

by f2p_admin | Sep 14, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

New report by the PSA highlights significant barriers faced by both the public and healthcare professionals when trying to raise concerns with regulators.

FEATURE: The toll of prolonged fitness to practise investigations and the role of expert legal representation

by f2p_admin | Aug 3, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

Kings View Chambers highlights how prolonged fitness to practise cases harm healthcare professionals—and why early legal advice is vital for protection.

Health bosses “won’t be rewarded for failure” under new regulations

by f2p_admin | Jul 25, 2025 | Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) | 0 |

NHS managers who commit serious misconduct will not be able to take up other senior NHS roles, under plans to boost patient safety.

FEATURE: Understanding Accepted Outcomes in Fitness to Practise

by f2p_admin | Jul 25, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

Fitness to practise barristers, Kings View Chambers, looks at Accepted Outcomes – a new paper-based route for resolving fitness to practise cases.

HCPC and GOsC Webinar Series: Advanced Practice, Scope and Delegation

by f2p_admin | Jul 12, 2025 | General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) | 0 |

HCPC and partners launch webinars to support AHPs with advanced practice, scope, supervision, delegation, and regulatory standards.

Regulators to be given power to decide fitness to practise cases without hearing

by f2p_admin | Jul 12, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Professional Standards Authority (PSA) | 0 |

Regulators will be given “new powers” to “decide when a case can be resolved without a public hearing”, among other things, the PSA has revealed.

PSA publishes HCPC performance review

by f2p_admin | Jul 4, 2025 | Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Professional Standards Authority (PSA) | 0 |

During 2024/25, the HCPC has met 17 out of the 18 Standards.

HCPC consults on updated sanctions policy

by f2p_admin | Jun 1, 2025 | Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) | 0 |

The HCPC is reviewing its sanctions policy “to improve consistency and further strengthen decision-making by independent fitness to practise panels.”

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