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FAQs: Trainees and overseas members

How am I affected as an overseas member of the Society?

How will the Health Professions Council deal with overseas applicants?

If you are a psychologist qualified overseas and already practising in this country and on the Society’s Register of Chartered Psychologists, you will be entitled to register automatically with Health Professions Council (HPC) if and when it takes responsibility for regulation.

If you move to the UK on or after any transfer date of the responsibility for regulation to the HPC, and wish to offer services to the public, you will need to apply to the HPC, which will deal with your application either under the terms of the relevant EU directive or through its overseas applicants routes.

Who will accredit programmes in Higher Education Institutions?

The government is consulting on the proposal that the regulator should have discretion as to how it obtains professional expertise to carry out professional education accreditation.

We expect the Society will continue to accredit programmes but the roles of the Society and the Health Professions Council in this area can only be discussed in detail once the government plans are finalised. We will provide more information on this when it is available.

In the short term: if you are involved in an accredited programme as a member of staff you should continue to plan for any accreditation visit that has been scheduled.