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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 ...
The abbreviation HCPC may refer to: Health and Care Professions Council : The statutory regulator of health and care professionals in the United Kingdom, or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System : A set of health care procedure codes used in the United States.
The Health Act 1999 allowed the UK government to more easily change healthcare regulatory arrangements, through orders of the Privy Council. [4] The Kennedy report into the Bristol heart scandal was published in July 2001 and plans for a body to oversee the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK quickly followed. [5]
In the United States, an ethics committee is usually known as an institutional review board (IRB) or research ethics board (REB) and is dedicated to overseeing the rights and well-being of research subjects participating in scientific studies in the US. Similarly in Canada, the committee is called a Research Ethics Board (REB).
This practice in the health insurance industry may have ‘gotten out of control,’ Wall Street analyst says
In the United Kingdom, the Health and Care Professions Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council have a legislatively mandated role in controlling the behavior of health care professionals. [3]: 2 Social work is regulated by the General Social Care Council. [4]: 311
From April 2012 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when William L. Roper, MD, MPH joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -2.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a 0.5 percent return from the S&P 500.
Fitness to Practise Committee (makes decisions in cases where a registrant's fitness to practise may be impaired, for reasons concerning their conduct, professional performance or health); and Appeals Committee (considers appeals of decisions relating to applications for registration and registration status).