The Operating Theatre Journal

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

HCPC Launches Consultation on Guidance for Professional Indemnity Cover and Registration

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has launched an eight week consultation to seek the views of stakeholders on guidance for registrants in relation to professional indemnity cover and registration.

The Government are proposing that all health professionals must hold professional indemnity cover as a condition of registration. This is subject to parliamentary approval and will apply to all of the professions regulated by the HCPC with the exception of social workers in England*. This is because these 15 professions are considered to be healthcare professions under the terms of the European Directive 2011/24/EU on cross-border healthcare.

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