16 FEATURE SYNERGY NEWS DECEMBER 2013
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What happens if I am audited?
How will the HCPC assess my profile? Your profile will be assessed by fully-trained CPD assessors, at least one of whom will be from the same profession as you. They will assess your profile against the standards and then let the HCPC know if your CPD meets these standards.
What happens next? There are three possible outcomes once your profile has been assessed. 1. Your profile meets the standards. 2. More information is needed. 3. Your profile does not meet the standards. If your profile meets the standards you will
stay on the Register. If more information is required, the HCPC will write to you and let you know what information is required and you will stay on the Register while you are sending more information for assessment. If your profile does not meet the standards,
If you are chosen for audit, the HCPC will send you a CPD profile request with your renewal letter. The profile needs to be completed and returned by your renewal deadline date. The main parts of your CPD profile will be:
• A summary of your practice history for the last two years (up to 500 words); • A statement of how you have met the HCPC’s standards of CPD (up to 1500 words); • Evidence from your portfolio to support your statement; • A dated list of your CPD activities over the last two years. Your summary should describe your role and the type of work you do, as well as your main responsibilities, any specialist areas you work in and the people you communicate and work with most.
Your statement should concentrate on
how you meet the HCPC’s CPD standards, particularly 3 and 4 – how your CPD activities improve the quality of your work and the benefits to service users.
The HCPC will require evidence to back up
your personal statement. It should show that you have undertaken the CPD activities you have referred to, and should also show how they have improved the quality of your work and benefited service users. You do not need to send in the full record
of all your CPD activities. If you are chosen for audit, you need to look through your entire record of CPD activities and consider which best show how you have met the standards. When submitting evidence, you should only send copies, do not send any original documents.
you may be offered an extra three months to meet the standards of CPD or your registration will end. For example, if you meet several of the standards, the CPD assessors may recommend that you are given three months to meet the remaining standards. However, if you have not met any of the standards the assessors may think it is unlikely that you would be able to do so in three months and would recommend that your registration ends. If you want to appeal against this decision, you
must write to the HCPC telling them that you want to appeal and why you think the decision is wrong. It’s important to note that you will not enter their Fitness to Practise process, you will not be ‘struck off’ the Register – your registration will simply not be renewed. You will be able to continue to practise up until the end of the appeal process if you fail to meet the HCPC’s CPD standards.
Further information The HCPC has published information about the CPD audit process in booklets that are available on the HCPC website or on request. Visit www.
hpc-uk.org/registrants/cpd for more information or contact the Registration Department on 0845 300 4472 or email
registrations@hpc-uk.org.
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