Health Professions Council

The Health Professions Council (HPC) is a UK health regulator. It was created by the Health Professions Order 2001 to protect the public by setting and maintaining standards for the professions it regulates. It currently regulates thirteen professions, and may regulate other professions in the future.

To protect the public, the HPC

sets standards for health professionals
approves courses and education
keeps a register of health professionals
takes action when health professionals do not meet its standards, which may include striking them off

Professions regulated by the HPC

arts therapists
biomedical scientists
chiropodists/podiatrists
clinical scientists
dietitians
occupational therapists
Operating department practitioners
orthoptists
paramedics
physiotherapists
prosthetists and orthotists
radiographers
speech and language therapists

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