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What activities count as CPD?

Any activity from which you learn or develop professionally can be considered eligible for CPD.

Ensuring your CPD benefits the service user

These benefits do not need to be radical and in many cases may simply be a result of improvements you have made to your practice

Sample CPD profiles

These profiles give examples of how you can show that you meet our standards for CPD in a variety of professions, settings and activities

Submitting your CPD profile online

If you're selected for audit you must submit your CPD profile using your online account

What happens after you submit your CPD profile?

We estimate that the average processing time for CPD profiles will be eight to twelve weeks

What our investigation would involve

If we decide that a concern is within our remit at the triage stage, we will carry out an initial investigation

How we investigate health concerns

The HCPC takes a proportionate approach to investigating concerns about a registrant’s physical or mental health

Hearings

The Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) is the hearings service of the Health and Care Professions Council

The Investigating Committee

The Committee's role is to meet to consider all evidence put before them and decide whether there is a case to answer in respect of the allegation against the registrant

Fitness to practise

This page provides information about what we mean by 'fitness to practise', and our role in relation to it.

Other organisations

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

Registrants’ mental health

We have emphasised the importance of registrants looking after their own mental health and seeking help where necessary as a part of maintaining their fitness to practise. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

What's the same

Details on which elements of the revised standards of proficiency remains the same

Why and how we revised our standards of proficiency

Following comprehensive review and public consultation, the revised sets of standards were approved by the Council in March 2022.