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Victoria Harris, co-author of the CPD Principles for lifelong learning, blogs about why doing CPD right is so important, and what the Principles are. Published as part of CPD Week 2025.

Changes align with amendments made to the standards of proficiency to strengthen our commitment to EDI.

I am delighted to announce the appointment of our two new HCPC Council Apprentices, Geraldine Kinkead-Richards and Jordan McKenna. 

What happens after your application has been successful and how you stay registered

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

We have introduced new standards about promoting public health and preventing ill-health. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

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

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

To be a prescriber means to have the legal authority to issue prescriptions

With the publication of the revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics (‘the standards’) coming soon, you are no doubt wondering what you can do to support your HCPC registrants with embedding them into everyday practice. We're here to help! 

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. 

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

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.

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

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