HCPC — the statutory register for practitioner psychologists

The HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) regulates practitioner psychologists and protects nine titles by law: anyone using one of these must be on the HCPC Register. The HCPC Register is the public, statutory source of truth — a practitioner psychologist’s entry carries their protected specialism title(s) and any annotations. Misusing a protected title, falsely claiming HCPC registration, or falsely claiming a regulated qualification is a criminal offence the HCPC prosecutes. This single register is the cleanest, highest-value verification target in the domain — once you know the right title to look for. The verification rule is to match the registrant’s specialism title to the register entry, not the bare word “psychologist.”