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| image = | alt = | caption = | logo = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map2_size = | map2_alt = | motto = | predecessor = Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine | merged = | successor = | formation = {{start date|2003|df=y}} | extinction = | type = Statutory regulator | status = | purpose = To protect the public | headquarters = | coords = | services = | language = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ = | parent_organization = Professional Standards Authority | subsidiaries = | affiliations = | budget = | volunteers = | slogan = | remarks = | formerly = | footnotes = | name = Health and Care Professions Council | native_name = | native_name_lang = | named_after = | image_size = | logo_size = | map_caption = | map2 = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = HCPC | founder = | founding_location = | merger = | tax_id = | registration_id = | location = | region = United Kingdom | products = | methods = | fields = | membership = 344,427 | membership_year = | owner = | sec_gen = | secessions = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | staff = | staff_year = | volunteers_year = | mission = | website = {{URL|http://www.hcpc-uk.org/}} }} The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC, formerly the Health Professions Council, HPC) is a statutory regulator of over 344,000 professionals from 16 health and care professions in the United Kingdom.[1] The Council reports its main purpose is to protect the public. It does this by setting and maintaining standards of proficiency and conduct for the professions it regulates.[2] Its key functions include approving education and training programmes which health and care professionals must complete before they can register with the HCPC; and maintaining and publishing a Register of health and care providers who meet pre-determined professional requirements and standards of practice. HistoryThe Health Professions Council was set up in 2003 under the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, to replace the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (CPSM). By 2005, thirteen protected titles were regulated by the HPC: arts therapists; biomedical scientists; chiropodists/podiatrists; clinical scientists; dieticians; occupational therapists; operating department practitioners; orthoptists; paramedics; physiotherapists; prothetists and orthotists; radiographers; and speech and language therapists.[3] On 1 August 2012, the organisation took over the regulation of social workers in England from the General Social Care Council.[4] The HPC was renamed the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), reflecting its new responsibilities.[5] These changes were made by the UK Government as part of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The strap line that they use was also changed to "Regulating health, psychological and social work professionals" which was considered better suited to describe the diversity of professionals that they regulate.[6] The HCPC has also reported it was being accorded new powers to set up voluntary registers for unregulated professions or related professions, including students seeking to enter a regulated or unregulated profession or related occupation.[7] The work of the HCPC and other health professions regulators in the UK (e.g. General Medical Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Dental Council, etc.) is overseen by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Professions regulated by the HCPCThe HCPC regulates 16 categories of health and care professionals. They are:[8]
All of these professions have at least one professional title that is protected by law, including those shown above. Anyone using these titles must be registered with the HCPC. It is a criminal offence for someone to claim that they are registered with the HCPC when they are not or to use a protected title that they are not entitled to use.[9] Maintaining standardsIf a professional who is registered with them does not meet the standards which are set, the HCPC can take action which might include stopping an individual from practising.[10] Other UK healthcare regulatorsThe Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA), is an independent body accountable to the UK Parliament, which promotes the health and wellbeing of the public and oversees the nine UK healthcare regulators. These are:
See also
References1. ^HCPC - Health Professions Council . Accessed 13 August 2012. 2. ^Health and Care Professions Council: About Us - http://www.hcpc-uk.org/aboutus/. Accessed 13 August 2012. 3. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/jun/06/nhsstaff.health |title=Register aims to stop bogus health practitioners |work=The Guardian |date=6 June 2005 |accessdate=25 September 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hcpc-uk.org/mediaandevents/pressreleases/index.asp?id=552 |title=Press release: Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) takes over the regulation of social workers in England |publisher=Health and Care Professions Council |date=1 August 2014 |accessdate=2 August 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hpc-uk.org/mediaandevents/pressreleases/hpctobecomehcpcon1august2012/ |title=Press release: New name for the Health Professions Council |publisher=Health and Care Professions Council | date=1 August 2014 |accessdate=2 August 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hcpc-uk.org/aboutus/namechange/ |title=About us: We have changed our name |publisher=Health and Care Professions Council |accessdate=2 August 2014}} 7. ^Health Professions Council meeting agenda summary, Thursday 10 February 2011 - http://www.hpc-uk.org/assets/documents/1000333DCouncil_decisions_February_2011.pdf. Accessed 14 March 2011. 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hcpc-uk.org/aboutregistration/professions/ |title=About registration: Professions |publisher=Health and Care Professions Council |accessdate=1 August 2014}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hcpc-uk.org/aboutregistration/protectedtitles/ |title=About registration: Protected titles|publisher=Health and Care Professions Council |accessdate=1 August 2014}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hcpc-uk.org/complaints/ |title=Complaints |publisher=Health and Care Professions Council |accessdate=2 August 2014}} External links
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