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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’.

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

Information about the process you need to complete if you are returning to practice after a break of more than two years

We are eager to highlight the vital work that you and many other health and care colleagues are doing during this unprecedented time

Provide details of any registration or membership you currently and/or have previously held in countries outside of the UK

We've compiled a list of top tips to help make the CPD auditing process as smooth as possible.

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. 

A professional liaison group (or ‘PLG’) provides advice to the Council or committees on strategic issues. Either the Council, or a committee can decide to set up a PLG, to look at a specific issue and report back.

You need to take all reasonable steps to protect information about service users. By ‘reasonable steps’, we mean that you need to take sensible, practical measures to make sure that you keep the information safe.

Case study: Carl is a podiatrist working in independent practise. He is a sole practitioner and has run his business for 10 years

We work closely with the other UK health regulators to share best practice in a variety of areas. These include HR, education, equality and diversity, communications and governance.

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

These standards set out, in general terms, how we expect our registrants to behave. We will use them if someone raises a concern about a registrant’s practice, and for decisions about the character of professionals who apply to our Register.

Explore common scenarios where a registrant may need to consider making a self-referral