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For those who practised as part of the COVID-19 recovery, our returning to practice processes will take into account any impact this may have had on the wider healthcare workforce.

Info on joining the Register, renewals, international applicants, period of adaptation and returning to practice

CPD Assessors are current HCPC registrants who assess registrant CPD profiles against the HCPC’s standards

The Council has overall responsibility for protecting people using registrants' services

The regulatory documents, policies and procedures that govern how we operate

See the step-by-step guidance below of how to submit further information if requested by a CPD assessor

We estimate that the average processing time for CPD profiles will be eight to twelve weeks

For those who qualified more than five years ago and have been practising outside of the UK since qualifying

We have worked with the UK Government to create a COVID-19 temporary register of former registrants

Learn about the updated standards of proficiency, what is changing, what they will improve and what your responsibilities are as an employer. 

What’s the best way to use our standards of conduct, performance and ethics in practice?

We have provided key statistics as a summary of the picture of education and training for the professions we regulate, and how that picture is changing.

Information held by the HCPC on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)

This factsheet provides key EDI information for operating department practitioners and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall