Health and Care Professions Council

We currently regulate 16 health and care professions: arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists / podiatrists, clinical scientists, dietitians, hearing aid dispensers, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, prosthetists / orthotists, radiographers, speech and language therapists and social workers in England.

 

All of these professions have at least one professional title that is protected by law, including those shown above. This means, for example, that anyone using the titles ‘social worker’ must be registered with us.

 

It is a criminal offence for someone to claim that they are registered with us when they are not, or to use a protected title that they are not entitled to use. We will prosecute people who commit these crimes.

 

For more information please visit our website: www.hcpc-uk.org

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