Retention rates of first time HCPC international registrants 2013 to 2018

This report examines the retention rate for HCPC registrants who joined our Register via the international registration route.

The international registration route is for professionals who trained and qualified outside of the UK. It sits alongside the 2023 HCPC report on the retention rates for HCPC registrants who joined the HCPC Register via the UK registration route (those who completed HCPC approved education programmes in the UK).

The analyses are based on data for all international route registrants (inclusive of European Mutual Recognition (EMR) registration route) joining the HCPC Register for the first time between 2013 and 2018. These individuals were followed up until the end of 2022 to allow for a four year retention rate to be estimated for all 15 profession that the HCPC regulates. This is the same time period used in the UK registration route report.

The time spent on the HCPC Register was analysed by profession, with subgroup analyses by country income group alone and a combination of age, sex and country income group.

Country income groups were as per World Bank classification in 2015 and enabled a logical grouping of countries which exhibited broadly similar retention rates. This report contains some profession level details. The profession and modality specific factsheets should be consulted for more detailed insights for each profession.

The findings of this work have particularly important implications for workforce planners, in particular:

These findings may be of particular interest to workforce planners, seeking to fill shortfalls in the UK workforce with people who trained and qualified outside of the UK.