National Health and Social Care Professions Office

Please see the Final draft HSCP AP Framework for Consultation Dec 2022 (PDF, size 1.9 MB, 54 pages) for your review and feedback. We encourage you to share this with your HSCP colleagues along with the Consultation Feedback Form (docx, size 48.1 KB). Feedback can be submitted up to Jan 11th 2023 by email using HSCP AP Framework in the subject line to HSCP.NationalOffice@hse.ie.

The National HSCP Office is a national strategic function for HSCP leadership and support.

The role of the National HSCP Office is to strategically lead and support HSCP to maximise their potential and achieve the greatest impact for the design, planning, management and delivery of people centred, integrated care.

The National HSCP Office sits within the new Clinical Programme Implementation and Professional Development function of the Clinical Function.

The Health and Social Care Professions (HSCP) are the second largest clinical grouping of the healthcare workforce. There are 26 Health and Social Care Professions providing interventions in therapeutic, rehabilitative, re-enablement, health and social care and diagnostic services. HSCP work in all settings including acute, community, disability, specialist, mental health, primary care, residential and services for older persons.

There are 18,723 Health and Social Care Professionals employed by the HSE (HSE Staff Census October 2021) representing 25% of the clinical workforce and 14% of the overall health services workforce.