The Health and Care Professions Council is a Regulatory Body.

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is an independent, United Kingdom wide professional regulator, which sets standards of professional training, skills, behaviour and health of the professions they regulate.

The Health and Care Professions Council works to protect the health and well-being of people using the services of the health, social work and psychological professionals registered with them.

The Health and Care Professions Council regulates the following professions:

• Arts Therapists (Art Therapists, Music Therapists and Dramatherapists)
• Biomedical Scientists
• Chiropodists / Podiatrists
• Clinical Scientists
• Dietitians
• Hearing Aid Dispensers
• Occupational Therapists
• Operating Department Practitioners
• Orthoptists
• Paramedics
• Physiotherapists
• Practitioner Psychologists
• Prosthetists and Orthotists
• Radiographers
• Social Workers in England
• Speech and Language Therapists

For further information on the Health and Care Professions Council, see the Health and Care Professions Council website at: Regulating health, psychological and social work professionals.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
formerly	Health Professions Council
shortname	HCPC