# HCPC Return to Practice

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS England](/buyers/nhs-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Birmingham City University](/contract-winners/birmingham-city-university/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £30,240
- Tender value: £30,240
- Award date: 23 February 2023
- Published: 23 May 2023
- Contract start: 2 January 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 98ec0600-417e-4c47-9c92-e4269e59dc49-647242
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-06cddb28-599b-400e-9ca5-cdfae8b6e25a

## Description

3\.1 HEE is seeking to commission up to 2 suppliers, each to deliver an innovative and flexible RtP Programme to support returners to meet the minimum requirements of the HCPC RtP standards\. 3\.2 The Programme\(s\) are aimed at RtP applicants who can demonstrate that they satisfy the following eligibility criteria: • All former HCPC registrants who live in England and plan to return to work in England once returned to the Health and Care Professions Council \(HCPC\) register\. • Those who have been previously registered with the HCPC or qualified after undertaking a UK HCPC accredited programme but did not initially register with the HCPC within the first five years of qualification\. • Registrants who remained on the HCPC register for more than two years but have not practised and consider themselves to be 'out of practice'\. • Overseas qualified clinicians eligible for HCPC registration residing in England including those with refugee status and 'right to reside'\. If trained overseas and never formally registered with the HCPC\. Formal registration via the International Registration route is required\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/98ec0600-417e-4c47-9c92-e4269e59dc49-647242)