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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.

In 2018, we raised the level of qualification for paramedics’ registration. Previously paramedics needed to achieve ‘Equivalent to Certificate of Higher Education’ to become registered. Currently they need to achieve ’Bachelor degree with honours’.

Partner Post is our e-newsletter dedicated to HCPC Partners, and provides updates on the latest news and developments that might affect Partners

Communicating with our registrants is essential to the work that we do. It is important that registrants are kept up to date with developments that affect their professional registration

But how do you determine what your scope of practice is? This page, and the resources within it, will help.

Total number of registrants for the HCPC Register, broken down by profession and application route to registration (4 March 2025).

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. 

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).

HCPC registered professionals discuss what our standards mean to them

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?

These pages outline some of the benefits and outcomes that supervision can have on your professional development and provide some top tips on how you can effectively approach supervision in your practice

'As much as the situation is crazy and almost worthy of an apocalypse film, I feel lucky I can go to work every day and mix with friends and colleagues. It keeps some sense of normality day to day.'