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Regulator · United Kingdom

HCPC decides who practises in the UK.

Health & Care Professions Council

Sets the UK standards of proficiency and holds the register.

United Kingdom — where these registrations lead

HCPC

United Kingdom

Registers 10 of our 12 professions

367,455

on the HCPC register

hcpc-uk.org · register summary · 1 Sept 2026

10,113

international applications received in 2024-25 — HCPC

hcpc-uk.org · health and care professions · read 23 Sept 2026

34,895

on the GOC register

optical.org · annual report · 31 Mar 2025

10 of 12

of our professions have a recorded registration route here

credentis registry · sept 2026

In its own words

What it tells applicants from abroad.

This section is for applicants who have completed professional training and practised outside the UK, and haven't been registered with the HCPC before…
HCPChcpc-uk.org · international applications · 2026
Employer Insights webinar - Supporting international employeesHCPC · 2 Oct 2025
What it checks

The three things it assesses.

Degree, transcripts & syllabus mapped to its Standards of Proficiency

Registration and experience in your home country

English language test

One regulator, one process, fifteen professions. It registers a lab scientist as a Biomedical Scientist.

Who holds the register
  • HCPC — Health & Care Professions Council
  • GOC — General Optical Council
Your route

Four steps to registration.

We check your fit

Your degree, syllabus and hours against the regulator’s own published standards. You know where you stand before spending anything.

We build the file

Syllabus mapped module by module. Transcripts, registration and experience letters in the exact form each regulator asks for. Apostille sequenced in the right order.

We stay until the decision

Filed in your own regulator account. Every query drafted by us, sent by you, tracked to the answer.

Registration, then the visa

Registration comes first. The visa route follows the destination country’s published framework.

Recent

What they have announced.

  • HCPC meets 16 of 18 PSA standards amid rising demandHCPC · 30 Jun 2026
  • Looking ahead to 2026/27GOC · 30 Apr 2026
  • GOC streamlines international routes to registrationGOC · 25 Nov 2025
  • Updates to our international applications processHCPC · 20 Nov 2025
Take it with you

Take the numbers with you.

One image, on our branding, carrying every figure above and the source under each one.

HCPC fact card — the official figures for the United Kingdom, each with its source.
Route finder

Where could you be working next year?

Two answers. Ten seconds. Then we show you what's open for your profession.

These describe each country’s general immigration framework as published, not a route we can promise or advise on. Immigration rules change and are applied case by case. For your own circumstances, consult a registered immigration adviser.

See your own route to the United Kingdom.

Two answers. Ten seconds. Then the facts for your profession.