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Health and Care Professions Council
We protect the public by regulating 15 health and care professions in the UK. To do this we:
- set standards for professionals' education and training and practice;
- approve programmes which professionals must complete to register with us;
- keep a register of professionals, known as 'registrants', who meet our standards; and
- take action if professionals on our Register do not meet our standards.
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Health and Care Professions Council
HCPC website
We protect the public by regulating 15 health and care professions in the UK:
Arts therapists
Biomedical scientists
Chiropodists / podiatrists
Clinical scientists
Dietitians
Hearing aid dispensers
Occupational therapists
Operating department practitioners
Orthoptists
Paramedics
Physiotherapists
Practitioner psychologists
Prosthetists / orthotists
Radiographers
Speech and language therapists
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Occupational therapist
Health and Care Professions Council
An occupational therapist uses specific activities to limit the effects of disability and promote independence in all aspects of daily life.
Protected title: Occupational therapist
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Practitioner psychologist
Health and Care Professions Council
Psychology is the scientific study of people, the mind and behaviour. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behaviour.
Protected titles
Practitioner psychologist
Registered psychologist
Clinical psychologist
Forensic psychologist
Counselling psychologist
Health psychologist
Educational psychologist
Occupational psychologist
Sport and exercise psychologist
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