HCPC reference checking — fitness to practise evidence for allied health professionals

HCPC registration and employment reference requirements

The HCPC sets standards of conduct, performance and ethics for 15 registered health and care professions. HCPC fitness to practise proceedings are triggered by concerns reported to the HCPC — but many conduct concerns involving HCPC registrants are resolved internally by employing organisations without HCPC referral. A physiotherapist with a history of professional boundary concerns may have an unrestricted HCPC registration. A paramedic with a clinical decision-making concern resolved through a capability process may have no HCPC fitness to practise history.

HCPC fitness to practise questions across AHP disciplines

RefAssure HCPC-aligned templates include mandatory fitness to practise questions for all 15 registered professions — asking whether the referee has any concerns about the candidate's continuing fitness to practise in their registered profession. Clinical conduct questions are tailored to each discipline with core mandatory fields — safeguarding suitability, disciplinary history, professional conduct — consistent across all templates.

Every HCPC reference generates a PDF with full audit trail satisfying CQC Regulation 19 and NHS Employment Check Standards. From 99p per reference with no subscription. For AHP staffing agencies, the PDF provides shareable NHS hirer compliance evidence for every placement.