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An update on the Health Professions Council

Rachel Tripp – the Hospital Physicists’ Association Conference November 2 nd 2007. An update on the Health Professions Council. Today’s presentation. About the HPC CPD standards The White Paper. What are the underlying principles of professional regulation in the UK?. Self regulation

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An update on the Health Professions Council

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  1. Rachel Tripp – the Hospital Physicists’ Association Conference November 2nd 2007 An update on the Health Professions Council

  2. Today’s presentation • About the HPC • CPD standards • The White Paper

  3. What are the underlying principles of professionalregulation in the UK? Self regulation Professionally led Statutory regulation UK model - Protection of Title vs Function Independent of government

  4. HPC’s main objective “To safeguard the health and well-being of persons using or needing the services of registrants” Health Professions Order 2001 Article 3 (4)

  5. How do we achieve this? Register Standards Fitness to Practice Communications

  6. Regulator must be separate and independent Government Regulator Trade Association Professional Body

  7. Complementary roles Professional Body- Learned Society- Promotion and development of profession- Curriculum framework Trade Association- Terms & conditions Regulator- Sets and maintains standards - Approves programmes - Keeps a register - Fitness to Practise - Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

  8. 182,000 registrants,13 Professions

  9. Standards • Standards of Proficiency • Standards of conduct, performance and ethics • Standards of Education and Training • Standards for CPD

  10. Fitness to Practise process Allegation Interim Orders Investigation Mediation Conduct & Competence Health

  11. HPC’s role within a wider context Healthcare Commission report on trends in complaints January 2007, 16,000 complaints received over 2 years What do patients want? - Better explanation of what went wrong 33% - Service improvements 23% - An apology 10% - The event acknowledged 9% - Action against staff 8% - The same thing not to happen again 8%

  12. Continuing Professional Development and HPC Standards (5) introduced in July 2005 HPC requires all professionals to undertake CPD on a regular basis Audit will begin in July 2008

  13. Standards – CPD... Standards of CPD • Maintain up-to-date record – in whatever format is helpful • Mixture of activities relevant to current or future practice • Contributes to quality of practice • Benefits service user Ref:HPC/MJS/HPC/Oct 2007

  14. CPD audit process • Profile • Statement of current practice • Description of how CPD meets standards • Assessed by at least two CPD Assessors • Met / not met / further information • Further 3 months if required • Can have registration lapsed • Subject to appeals process

  15. CPD – finding out more • Your guide to the HPC’s CPD standards • Continuing Professional Development and registration • Sample profiles

  16. ‘Trust, assurance and safety: the regulation of health professionals in the 21st century’ Background to the White Paper’s publication: • The Shipman report • The Donaldson review of medical regulation • The ‘Foster review’ of non-medical regulation • The White Paper – February 2005

  17. Key messages in the White Paper Affirmation of the vast majority of health professionals  Need to make systemic changes alongside regulation reforms- e.g. clinical governance, coroner’s systems, death certification systems, controlled drugs, complaints systems

  18. White Paper reforms to regulation Greater consistency between regulators Fitness to practise processes Standard of proof Common standards?

  19. White Paper reforms to regulation Improving the structure of the regulators • Appointed Council members • Smaller Councils • Separation of strategic function from decision-making

  20. White Paper reforms to regulation Revalidation • Positive demonstration of fitness to practise every 5 years 3 groups • Employees of an approved body – part of appraisal and management systems • Self-employed contractors – revalidation in collaboration between NHS commissioner and regulator • Others – revalidation carried out by the regulator

  21. White Paper reforms to regulation Revalidation – key questions • Risk? • Standards? • Assessment against those standards? • Cost? Set up a professional liaison group (PLG) to look at continuing fitness to practise more broadly. Also looking at post-registration qualifications and marking the Register.

  22. White Paper reforms to regulation Regulation of aspirant groups • No additional regulators – new groups normally be regulated by HPC • Psychologists, healthcare scientists, psychotherapists and counsellors • Also mentioned the regulation of acupuncture, traditional chinese medicine and herbal medicine • Establishing a working group to look at regulation of other groups, including criteria and priorities

  23. Any questions ?

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