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HCPC – Consultation on changes to rules

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is seeking views on their proposal to permanently amend their Rules to give them the express power to hold hearings remotely.

On 4 March 2020, the HCPC was granted an amendment to our existing Rules by the Department of Health and Social Care, which gave  the express provision to hold hearings remotely during an emergency. Currently, the Coronavirus emergency provisions are due to expire on 30 September 2021. 

HCPC would like to continue to hold hearings remotely once the emergency period ends, where it is fair and practical to do so. They are therefore seeking an amendment to our Rules to give us permanent powers to hold hearings remotely.

You can find the consultation questions, more detail on their reasoning for the proposal, and information about their experience of holding remote hearings in the consultation document on HCPCs website. You should read the consultation document fully prior to completing the online questionnaire.

The consultation opens today and you can download the consultation document by visiting the consultation page.

Closing date for responses is the 23rd November 2021

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Last Chance to Register #BAPO2021

Registration is closing on the 1st Oct! Register now so you don’t miss out.

Have a look below at some of our esteemed BAPO2021 speakers, or even better visit https://bapoconference2021.vfairs.com/ for the up-to-date event agenda!

  • Dr David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD – Keynote: Offloading the Diabetic Foot: 30 years research
  • Simon Bartold – Keynote: A SWOT Analysis of Athletic Footwear
  • Dr Michael Dillon – Keynote: Informing Difficult Decisions About Dysvascular Partial Foot and Transtibial Amputation Using a Shared Decision-making Approach
  • Tim Cooney – Keynote: Composite Fibre Materials in Support of Orthotic Science
  • Graham Dunn – Footwear Adaptions Combining a Technical and Clinical Perspective
  • Joel Gibbard – Using the Latest Digital Technologies to Drive Adoption of Multi-Grip Bionic Arms
  • Holly Phimister – Preventing Catastrophic Deformity in Multiple Myeloma- Orthotic Interventions
  • Helen McCormack – EDS & Hypermobility Management
  • Fiona Davie-Smith and Bruce Carse Comparison of patient-reported and functional outcomes following transition from mechanical to microprocessor knee in the low-activity user with a unilateral transfemoral amputation
  • Stacey Care – Facilitating Student Placements in Prosthetics & Orthotics: A Practice Educator’s View
  • Gemma Cassidy – The Holistic Management of Patients and the Discussion of Mental Health
  • Sarah Williams – Fast and Simple ABPI Assessment: Allowing You to Compress with Confidence
  • Lynne Rowley – COVID: Virtual Ax Pathways
  • Malgorzata Serafin – 3D Printing: Experiences of a Digital Orthotist
  • Ian Reilly – Nerve Entrapments of the Foot and Ankle
  • Ivan Phelan – VR for Upper Limb
  • Dr Simin Li – Development of a Digital Design and Manufacturing Workflow for Personalised Paediatric Prosthetic Sockets
  • Dr Matthew Dyson – A Home-Based Biofeedback System for Teaching Children Prosthetic Control Through Games
  • Stephen Blakeley – Developing new everyday prosthetics for active children and adults
  • Laura Wiggins – Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway
  • Joshua Young – Orthotic Management of Scoliosis, navigating a varied and changing landscape
  • Dr Navid Aslani – Customisable 3-D Printed Covers for Children’s Prostheses
  • Christian Pankhurst – Mental Health Screening in Diabetic Foot Clinics
  • Professor Nachiappan Chockalingham – Biomechanical Assessment in Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities
  • Alan & Christopher Hutchison- ProsFit, a Fitting Solution: 3D Printing in Prosthetics
  • Carly Bauert – Limbformation
  • Alan Gordon – Low Mobility Patient Rehabilitation Using an MPK: The Journey to K3
  • Abigail Needham and Dr. Gemma Wheeler – The Starworks Child Prosthetics Research Network: Progress & Next Steps
  • Paul Charlton, Joshua Young & Miriam Golding-Day – Orthotist Involvement in Early Stroke Rehabilitation: An Update on Research and Education Workstreams
  • Jamie Halliday & Donna Cooper – Rigo Cheneau Bracing at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
  • Kirsty Sutters & Rachel Adam – Spinal Bracing for Scoliosis