HCPC compliance for private healthcare clinics

One lapsed registration voids your insurance and triggers a CQC investigation.

HCPCShield checks every practitioner on your register against the HCPC daily. It alerts you before anything lapses. It blocks scheduling staff whose registration has expired. You get the evidence pack ready for inspection in one click.

No credit card required. Cancel any time.

Checks the live HCPC register — not a cached copyAll 15 HCPC-regulated professions coveredCQC inspection evidence pack in one clickScheduling gate blocks lapsed staff automatically

Your spreadsheet does not know a registration lapsed this morning.

Most private clinics track HCPC registration expiry dates in a spreadsheet or a shared document. It gets updated when someone remembers. The HCPC does not notify employers when a practitioner's registration lapses. By the time you find out, the appointment has already happened.

If a patient is harmed by a practitioner who was not registered at the time of treatment, your insurance will not pay out. Your CQC rating is at risk. You are personally liable as the responsible person for that clinic.

CQC inspectors ask to see registration records for every practitioner on site.

Insurance policies typically void cover for any treatment delivered by an unregistered practitioner.

The responsible person — usually the clinic director — bears personal liability.

Three steps. Runs without you.

Set it up once. HCPCShield handles the daily checking, the alerts, and the paper trail.

01

Add your practitioners

Enter each staff member's name, profession, and HCPC registration number. Takes about two minutes per person. Do it once.

02

We check the register daily

Every morning, HCPCShield verifies each registration against the live HCPC register. If anything changes, you hear about it before your first patient arrives.

03

Get alerts before it matters

Email alerts at 90, 60, 30, and 7 days before any registration expires. Immediate alert if a registration lapses between renewal cycles.

What clinic directors say.

We had a CQC inspection six weeks after setting this up. The inspector asked for registration records and I had everything ready in about thirty seconds. That has never happened before.

Rachel T.

Director, independent physiotherapy clinic, Bristol

A practitioner's registration lapsed during a renewal delay and we didn't know until HCPCShield flagged it at seven days. We caught it before a single appointment was affected.

Dr. Mark O.

Clinical lead, multi-site occupational health practice, London

I used to spend an hour every month manually cross-referencing the HCPC register. Now I spend zero minutes. The alerts come to me. I just act on them.

Sarah F.

Practice manager, speech and language therapy clinic, Manchester

A lapsed practitioner cannot be booked. Full stop.

The scheduling gate checks HCPC status before confirming any appointment. If a registration has lapsed or is flagged, the booking is blocked and you see exactly why.

If you need to override it, you can. Every override is logged with a reason, a timestamp, and your name. That log is part of your CQC evidence pack.

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Practitioner status

Sarah Mitchell

Physiotherapist

Valid

Expires in 187 days

James Okafor

Occupational Therapist

Valid

Expires in 64 days

Priya Sharma

Radiographer

Expiring soon

Expires in 22 days

Tom Gallagher

Paramedic

Lapsed

Expired 4 days ago

Scheduling blocked

Tom Gallagher cannot be booked. HCPC registration lapsed 4 days ago.

Every HCPC-regulated profession. One dashboard.

All 15 professions regulated by the HCPC are covered. Add any combination.

PhysiotherapistsOccupational TherapistsRadiographersParamedicsSpeech and Language TherapistsDietitiansPractitioner PsychologistsBiomedical ScientistsPodiatristsOperating Department PractitionersOrthoptistsArts TherapistsClinical ScientistsHearing Aid DispensersProsthetists and OrthotistsSocial Workers in England

Simple, honest pricing.

Pay by the size of your team. No setup fee. No contract. Cancel any time.

Starter

Solo clinics and small practices

£39/month

Up to 10 practitioners

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Clinic

Multi-clinician practices

£69/month

Up to 30 practitioners

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Agency

Healthcare staffing agencies

£149/month

Up to 100 practitioners

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All plans include a 14-day free trial. Annual billing available — 2 months free.

Your next CQC inspection. Your insurance renewal. One lapsed registration is all it takes.

Start your free trial today. Takes five minutes to set up. No card required.

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