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Registration: what you need to know as an employer

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

Registration FAQs

Some of the questions we most frequently get asked by registrants

What employers need to know before the updated standards of proficiency come into effect

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

An opportunity to join our Council and help keep patients and service users safe

As we enter the final year of our current Corporate Strategy, the HCPC is looking to recruit four new members of our Council: one registrant member and up to three lay members.

Flowchart: the fitness to practise investigations process

If a concern is raised or referral is made about a HCPC-registered professional, our fitness to practice investigations process will begin. This flowchart summarises the steps. 

Corporate governance

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

Council

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

Why your registration matters

Our primary purpose is to protect the public, but there are benefits to being a regulated profession

Professional bodies for paramedics

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

Professional bodies for arts therapists

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

Transfer of regulation to Social Work England

Important information for social workers in England regarding the transfer of regulation to Social Work England including FAQs

Professional bodies for physiotherapists

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

Key statistics on education and training for HCPC professions

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.

Diversity data: prosthetists / orthotists - November 2023

This factsheet provides key EDI information for prosthetists / orthotists and how the demographics of this group compare to the demographics of HCPC registrants overall

Diversity data: operating department practitioners - March 2023

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