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

We recognise that many HCPC registrants are employed or work outside the NHS structures, where preceptorship is less well known and may be more difficult to access.

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.

Tender to be submitted by 2pm on 16 November 2022

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.

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’.

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

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

Total number of registrants for the HCPC Register, broken down by profession and application route to registration (1 November 2024).

Total number of registrants for the HCPC Register, broken down by profession and application route to registration (1 April 2025).

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.

Speech and language therapist Debbie Halden shares her experience supporting a former registrant return to practice

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

Case study: Emily is a dietitian working in an NHS Trust hospital. She also volunteers at a local charity that raises awareness about diabetes at events and conferences