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From 29 January 2025, new English language proficiency requirements for new international applicants seeking to join the Register will come into effect.

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

Information about the areas operating urgent support, and how you can contact us if your query falls into one of these.

Our role in safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The purpose of the safeguarding policy is to outline our safeguarding responsibilities, so that our staff and partners are aware of their safeguarding obligations, and to ensure that any safeguarding concerns are dealt with and escalated appropriately.

Get access to a number of independent support services, resources and useful contacts to help you through the FTP process

Everything you need to support your employees, whether you’re looking for information on the registration process or events to connect with us

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’.

This page provides information for registrants and answers some frequently asked questions.

This document provides guidance on our processes when assessing the health and character of people who apply to, or who are on, our Register.

During the festive period this year we’ll be closing temporarily, beginning at 12 noon on 22 December 2023. We will reopen on 2 January 2024 as normal.

We have developed an eLearning module which combines a refresher on EDI and includes aspects of unconscious bias and sexual harassment. In addition, all partners have to receive training on information security as they deal with information on behalf of the HCPC.

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