HCPC CPD Audit and Renewal: A Free Plain-English Guide

The HCPC says each profession renews at a set time, the same every two years. You renew in your online account by making your professional declaration and paying your fee. These are the windows on the HCPC website on 10 November 2026:

Source: HCPC: when to renew. The HCPC sends email and text reminders, so keep your contact details up to date.

The HCPC says that at the start of each renewal it randomly selects 2.5% of each profession and asks them to submit a CPD profile, and that the majority pass. It only audits people who have been registered for two years or more, so you will not be picked at your first renewal as a new graduate, or at your first renewal after returning from a break. You could be picked more than once. Source: HCPC: the CPD audit process.

The HCPC does not set a number of hours or points and does not approve CPD activities. You must keep a continuous, up-to-date record, do at least two different types of learning, and seek to ensure your CPD improves your practice and benefits service users. Source: HCPC: our CPD requirements.

The HCPC lists four sections. Source: HCPC: putting your CPD profile together.

1. Summary of recent work or practice, up to 500 words: your role, main responsibilities, specialist areas and the people you work with most.
2. A dated list of all your CPD since you last renewed. Explain any gap of three or more consecutive months in your statement.
3. A personal statement, up to 1,500 words, focused on how your CPD improved your work (standard 3) and benefited service users (standard 4).
4. Supporting evidence, only for the activities you write about in your statement.

The profile must be your own work; the HCPC says you can still discuss it with colleagues.

From the HCPC's top tips for completing your CPD profile: keep it simple; choose four to six CPD activities from the last two years and say what you did, what you learnt and the benefits; make sure they are a mixture of learning types; include the dated list in date order; and link your evidence clearly to your statement. Do not send evidence for every activity, use outdated evidence, include CVs, or include anything that could identify a service user.

The HCPC publishes sample CPD profiles written with professional bodies for many professions, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics, podiatry and the arts therapies.

Free, with no sign-in: our printable HCPC CPD audit profile planner set out in the HCPC's four sections, an HCPC CPD planner for your ongoing record, a CPD reflection record, and our checked list of free CPD courses. Members also get a private CPD log. These are not affiliated with or endorsed by the HCPC.