Will course and programme providers will have to plan for two separate quality assurance processes?
The Society is happy to plan for a concurrent accreditation and approval event alongside the HPC who have extensive experience of conducting similar joint events with other professional bodies. The Society and the HPC need to meet with broadly similar groups of people as part of the visit process, and are able to work to a single set of documentation. You will need to appoint an independent Chair to oversee the visit process and an independent secretary. Please see the HPC Protocol for Approval Visits (under ‘other documents’) for further information. Whilst it will be possible to conduct a single visit, the two processes will remain independent and will lead to separate outcomes and reports.
