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Total number of registrants for the HCPC Register, broken down by profession and application route to registration (1 April 2025).

Total number of registrants for the HCPC Register, broken down by profession and application route to registration (1 November 2024).

This is also known as a certificate of current professional status (CCPS) or letter of good standing. You may require this if you're applying for a job or registration in a country outside the UK. 

If selected for CPD audit, you'll be asked to submit a profile as proof of your activities and how they meet the standards for CPD

We have produced an animation to explain how we operate and how the HCPC benefits both registrants and service users

Learning and Development Manager Tehimna Ansari reflects on how mangers and colleagues can support Muslim colleagues during the holy month of Ramadan.

Case study: An employer raised concerns about an operating department practitioner’s (ODP) conviction of fraud. For this conviction, she was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment and suspended for 24 months.

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Total number of registrants for the main HCPC Register, broken down by profession (1 March 2023).

Our data hub provides a valuable insight into the 15 health and care professions that we regulate, including interactive dashboards.

Our guidance says you should use your “professional judgement” to come to decisions about what is and is not within your scope of practice (the limit of your skills, knowledge and experience). But what does this “professional judgement” look like in practice?

Our return to practice requirements are flexible, minimum requirements. They aim to protect the public by making sure you have up-to-date knowledge and skills.

Each year, we run a competition for students who, at the time of entry, are enrolled on an HCPC-approved pre-registration programme.

Jonny Noble, Head of Professional Practice for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), shares his insight into supporting CPD effectively in a team.

There are a wide range of different partner roles that provide the expertise we need for our decision making processes.