Historical programmes

These lists are of historical programmes that also provide eligibility to apply to the HPC register.

If you have any queries or if you wish to confirm a programme's status please contact the the education department by telephone on 020 7840 9812 or by e-mail to education@hpc-uk.org.

• Arts therapists
• Biomedical scientists
• Chiropodists/podiatrists
• Clinical scientists
• Dietitians
• Hearing aid dispensers
• Occupational therapists
• Operating department practitioners
• Orthoptists
• Paramedics
• Physiotherapists
• Practitioner psychologists
• Prosthetists/orthotists
• Radiographers
• Speech and language therapists

Arts therapists

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for Art Therapists, Drama Therapists and Music Therapists.

Art Therapists

Drama Therapists

Music Therapists

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Biomedical scientists

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

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Chiropodists/podiatrists

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for:

Chiropodists/Podiatrists

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Clinical scientists

There is currently only one UK-approved programme leading to eligibility to apply for registration with the Health Professions Council. If you wish to train as a clinical scientist in the UK, please see the information below.

If you trained as a clinical scientist outside the UK, and you want to register with the HPC, you will need to apply for registration via our international route. Please see this page of our website for information.

In order to register with the Health Professions Council via the UK-approved programme route you will need to have completed the training associated with and hold the Certificate of Attainment awarded by the Association of Clinical Scientists who may be contacted at:

The Association of Clinical Scientists
c/o Association for Clinical Biochemistry, 130-132 Tooley Street, LONDON, SE1 2TU

Phone: 020 7940 8960
Website: www.assclinsci.org
Email: info@assclinsci.org

They will be able to give you information about working towards your Certificate of Attainment. Once you have got the Certificate of Attainment, when you apply for registration you will need to enclose the original certificate and this is evidence of completion of an approved course.

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Dietitians

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

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Hearing aid dispensers

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you may need to undertake additional measures, for example education or a period of supervision to ensure that they meet our standards of proficiency.

The programmes in the table below are closed but remain approved between the dates of the first and last intake date. If you commenced one of these programmes you may be eligible to apply to us after 1 April 2010 if you can provide documentary evidence of successful completion of one these programmes. The details of the documentary evidence required are listed below. If you cannot provide this documentary evidence please contact our Registrations Department for further guidance on registrations@hpc-uk.org or 020 7840 9802.

* Documentary evidence required - Certified copy of Letter from HAC stating eligiblity to apply to their Register following completion of written examinations and period of supervised practice.

** Documentary evidence required - Certified copy of Letter from HAC stating eligiblity to apply to their Register following completion of practical and written examinations.

*** Documentary evidence required - Certified copy of letter from education provider stating successful completion of the aptitude test.

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Occupational therapists

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for:

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Operating department practitioners

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for:

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Orthoptists

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for:

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Paramedics

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for:

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Physiotherapists

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for:

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Practitioner psychologists

If you hold a qualification which is not on the register of approved programmes because either the education provider or programme is now closed, it is likely that you will still be able to register with us. We have approved a number of programmes, which were accredited by the BPS and allowed membership of a division and a BPS practising certificate. We call these ‘historical qualifications’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have been practising you will be apply to apply for registration with us via the UK approved programme route. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered.

Historical qualifications for practitioner psychologists can be either:

• Complete awards that lead to eligibility to apply to register with us; or a
• Combination of awards and experience that together lead to eligibility to apply to register with us.

Below is a list of the types of evidence for each area that you will be required to submit to us alongside your application to show that you have completed an approved historical qualification. A table can also be found for each area that lists the qualifications that either in whole or in combination with other evidence will lead to eligibility to apply to our Register. You should review the relevant table to find the award you have completed and the evidence which you will need to submit to us.

If you need to provide a reference to establish that you successfully completed a period of supervised training, that reference must be provided by a psychologist with first hand knowledge that you completed the training (e.g. your training supervisor or a colleague who worked with you at the time) or, if the reference is based upon records held by the institution where the training was undertaken, by a representative of that institution (e.g. director of a NHS Trust, director of a local education authority or head of a prison establishment).

Most references relate to periods of supervised practice. This supervised practice is not your ongoing clinical supervision, but your initial training (or first trainee position) taken in a practical/clinical setting. During this period of supervised practice, you would not have been working independently and autonomously but under the supervision of a training supervisor, mentor or fully qualified psychologist, or equivalent. At the end of your period of supervised practice, there would have been some kind of assessment or 'sign off' by your training supervisor, mentor or fully qualified psychologist, or equivalent. After which you would have practiced as an autonomous professional.

If you have further questions about the evidence you need to submit with your application, please contact one of our Registration Advisors on 0845 3004 472 or 020 7840 9802 or registrations@hpc-uk.org .

If you do not hold a historical qualification or can not provide the required evidence you may still be able to register with us via our grandparenting route.

Clinical psychologists - Table of qualifications

• Accredited Masters (three years)
• Accredited Masters, plus references (one year supervised practice)
• Accredited Masters, plus statement of clinical competence (one year supervised practice)
• British Psychological Society and Whitley Council in-service training (three years)
• Certificate for Doctoral level approved programme and evidence of transfer onto programme from a stage 1 masters qualification (transfer records or transcripts showing advanced standing from education provider)

Counselling psychologists - Table of qualifications

• Any combination of postgraduate programmes (accredited programmes or Society qualifications) that equated to the components of the BPS’s Diploma in Counselling Psychology.

Educational psychologists - Table of qualifications

• Accredited Masters, plus one year supervised practice (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
• Accredited Masters, plus one years supervised practice in a Society-accredited educational psychology service (Scotland)
• Diploma in Educational Psychology, plus one years supervised practice in an LEA setting

Forensic psychologists - Table of qualifications

• Accredited Masters, plus two years supervised practice
• Certificate in Forensic Psychology, plus two years supervised practice
• In-service training within the Home Office (three years)

Health psychologists - Table of qualifications

• Accredited Masters, plus two years supervised practice

Occupational psychologists - Table of qualifications

• Accredited Masters, plus two years supervised practice
• In-service training within the Department for Trade and Industry (three years)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Occupational Psychology (PCOP) plus of two years supervised practice

Sport and exercise psychologists - Table of qualifications

• Accredited Masters, plus supervised practice (three years total)
• Unaccredited Masters confirmed by the British Psychological Society, plus supervised practice (three years total)

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Prosthetists/orthotists

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for:

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Radiographers

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for:

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Speech and language therapists

If you hold a qualification which is more than five years old and you have not been registered before, we call this an ‘historical qualification’. If you hold an historical qualification and you have not been practising elsewhere (or if you have not practised in the last two years) you will need to meet our returners to practise requirements before you can become registered. You can find out about our requirements by clicking here

Below is a list of approved historical qualifications which lead to eligibility to apply to our Register for:

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