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Frequently asked questions about the HCPTS and fitness to practise hearings

Find out who won the HCPC student competition 2025, which asked students to design a learning session about speaking up and raising concerns.  

This page lists the other organisations that are responsible for regulating, and investigating concerns about, health and care professionals in the UK.

See the step-by-step guidance below of how to activate your account

Case study: An occupational therapist's employer raised concerns with us after the registrant left a notepad containing confidential information, pertaining to a number of service users, at the home address of a service user.

The HCPC, in collaboration with eight other professional health and care regulators, has published the latest Whistleblowing disclosures report for 2024.

This report is an account of the making of a multi-professional regulator over its first fifteen years. 

This report explores the ethical experiences of practitioners working in health and social care professions and was commissioned by the Authority from Professor Deborah Bowman.

To help us respond to your queries in a timely manner, it is important to direct your query to the appropriate department of the HCPC.

Please ensure that you are eligible to apply for registration via the international route

The HCPC offices will be closed on Monday 27 August for the summer bank holiday weekend

The HCPC offices will be closed on Monday 26 August for the summer bank holiday weekend

European professionals can sign a declaration to provide temporary and occasional services in the UK

The standards of proficiency that hearing aid dispensers must meet in order to join, and remain on, the HCPC Register.