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 by regulating health and care professions in the United Kingdom.

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
• 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 and care professionals
• Professions and protected titles.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
formerly	Health Professions Council
shortname	HCPC