About the HCPC
The HCPC protect the public by:
- setting standards for professionals’ education and training and practice
- approving programmes which professionals must complete to register with HCPC
- keeping a register of professionals, known as ‘registrants’, who meet HCPC standards
- take action if professionals on a HCPC Register do not meet the standards
By law, people must be registered with HCPC to work in the UK in a range of professions, using protected titles including Clinical Scientist and Biomedical Scientist. The HCPC also make sure that someone who has trained outside of the UK has met the same standards before they can be put on the register.
The HCPC has produced an animation to explain how they operate and how the HCPC benefits both registrants and service users.