HCPC renewal dates and CPD audit countdown

Pick your profession to see when your next HCPC renewal window opens and closes, what the CPD audit involves, and what to have ready. No account needed.

If you like, we'll email you the dates and remind you 30 and 7 days before your window opens and before it closes. You can add your yearly data protection fee too.

Your registration

Which profession are you registered as?

Your data protection fee renewal date (optional)

The expiry date on your ICO registration certificate, or on the public register. Add it and we'll show it with your HCPC dates.

Pick your profession to see your renewal window.

HCPC renewal windows by profession

Profession	Window opens	Deadline
Operating department practitioner	1 September 2026	30 November 2026
Practitioner psychologist	1 March 2027	31 May 2027
Paramedic	1 June 2027	31 August 2027
Orthoptist	1 June 2027	31 August 2027
Speech and language therapist	1 July 2027	30 September 2027
Prosthetist or orthotist	1 July 2027	30 September 2027
Clinical scientist	1 July 2027	30 September 2027
Occupational therapist	1 August 2027	31 October 2027
Biomedical scientist	1 September 2027	30 November 2027
Radiographer	1 December 2027	29 February 2028
Physiotherapist	1 February 2028	30 April 2028
Arts therapist	1 March 2028	31 May 2028
Dietitian	1 April 2028	30 June 2028
Chiropodist or podiatrist	1 May 2028	31 July 2028
Hearing aid dispenser	1 May 2028	31 July 2028

The windows are the same every two years. Source: the HCPC's renewal page, read on 4 November 2026.

How HCPC renewal works

Every HCPC registrant renews every two years. Each profession has its own three-month window, and the HCPC emails and texts you when yours opens.

To renew, you make the professional declaration and pay the fee in your HCPC online account before the deadline. The fee is £246.68 for two years (£123.34 a year). The HCPC consulted in 2026 on raising it to £128.40 a year from April 2027; check the fee shown in your account when you renew.

If you miss the deadline, you're removed from the Register and must stop practising and using your protected title. If you apply within one month of your window closing, there is a shorter readmission form.

The CPD audit

At the start of each renewal window, the HCPC picks 2.5% of each profession at random and asks them to send a CPD profile. Only registrants with at least two years on the Register can be picked, and you can be picked more than once.

If you're picked, you're emailed at the start of the window and have about three months to send the profile from your online account, with a reminder about a month before the deadline. If you can't take part for reasons you can't avoid, you can ask to defer. Not sending a profile can lead to removal from the Register.

The profile has four parts: a summary of your work (up to 500 words), a dated list of your CPD since you last renewed, a statement of how your CPD meets the standards (up to 1,500 words), and the evidence for what you write about.

The HCPC standards for CPD

The standards are the same for every profession. Registrants must:

keep a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of their CPD activities;
show that their CPD is a mixture of learning activities relevant to current or future practice;
seek to ensure their CPD has contributed to the quality of their practice and service delivery;
seek to ensure their CPD benefits the service user;
on request, present a written profile, their own work and supported by evidence, explaining how they have met the standards.

The data protection fee (ICO fee)

If you keep patient records on a computer, including in practice software, email or a spreadsheet, you need to pay a data protection fee every year, unless all of what you do is exempt. Records kept only on paper are exempt.

Most practitioners pay tier 1, for up to 10 staff or a turnover up to £632,000: £52 a year, or £47 by direct debit. Tier 2 is £78. You pay within the first 21 days of each 12-month period.

Since 30 September 2026 the regulator is the Information Commission, which took over from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The fee rules are the same. The regulator's self-assessment tells you whether you need to pay.

Questions

When is my HCPC renewal?

It depends on your profession. Physiotherapists renew between 1 February and 30 April 2028, practitioner psychologists between 1 March and 31 May 2027, occupational therapists between 1 August and 31 October 2027, dietitians between 1 April and 30 June 2028. The table above has every profession.

How much is the HCPC renewal fee?

£246.68 for two years (£123.34 a year), by card or direct debit. The HCPC has consulted on raising it to £128.40 a year from April 2027, so check the amount in your online account when you renew.

What are the chances of a CPD audit?

2.5% of each profession are picked at random at each renewal, from registrants with at least two years on the Register. You can be picked more than once.

How long do I have to send my CPD profile?

About three months from the email that tells you you've been picked, at the start of your renewal window. The HCPC reminds you about a month before the deadline.

What happens if I miss the renewal deadline?

You're removed from the Register and must stop practising and using your protected title. Within one month of your window closing you can use the HCPC's shorter readmission form.

Do I need to pay the ICO data protection fee as a sole practitioner?

Usually yes, if you keep patient records on a computer: £52 a year (£47 by direct debit) for up to 10 staff or a turnover up to £632,000. Records kept only on paper are exempt. The regulator's self-assessment gives the answer for your case.