Readmission

This section is for applicants who have previously been on the Register and would like to re-join it

We accept applications for readmission via email to registration@hcpc-uk.org. We can only accept these in certain formats, please read the guidance on the first page of the application pack before making your application.

Readmission requirements

Registrants wishing to rejoin the Register need to undertake certain requirements, these may vary depending upon how long they have been out of practice.

We have defined ‘practising your profession’ as drawing on your professional skills and knowledge in the course of your work while being registered. This does not have to be in clinical or ‘frontline’ practice and can include roles in education, management and research, or other areas.

Period

Return to practice requirement

* We would usually require that all of an applicant's updating is completed, from start to finish, within the 12 months before they apply for registration or readmission. We are temporarily extending this period to 24 months due to COVID-19

Readmission - frequently asked questions

The fee we ask you to pay once your application has been checked is called a readmission fee. This is a non refundable payment of £290.90 and includes the first year (or part year) of registration. The readmission fee is not payable if your name was removed from the Register less than once month from the date, we receive your application.

Once we’ve received your readmission form and fee, we’ll process them as quickly as possible. Our service level is 10 working days for this, but it can be much quicker.

An updating period is number of days in which you update your skills and knowledge. The application forms ask for a summary of the activities that you have undertaken in this period, including the number of days spent on each area. It will need to be countersigned by a health and care professional from your part of the register to confirm that the information is correct. If you have been in practice outside of the UK we also need you to provide us with some additional information about where you have been working and whether you were registered elsewhere. If this is the case, we will request it via email. More information about updating periods

• they are who they say they are;
• they meet our standards; and
• we can contact them if we need to.

You may also be asked to provide supporting information, for example in the case of international applications where a qualification isn’t recognised. If this is the case we will contact you via email.