🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Paramedics
What a paramedic trained abroad needs to register in the United Kingdom
Read from the regulator's own documents. Each step shows what it costs, who usually pays, and the date we last checked it. Enter your details and we tell you which of these you already meet.
HCPC registration via the international route
Health and Care Professions Council · ~9 months · ~£1,048 · 7 steps
English evidence, a certified application with the scrutiny fee, the HCPC's assessment (with a test of competence if asked), registration, then a sponsoring trust.
- 1Paramedic qualification gained outside the UK (diploma or degree)
- 2English: IELTS 7.0 overall with no element below 6.5, within two years; none needed for a qualification from a qualifying countryyou pay · Source ↗
- 3Apply online with certified documents and the GBP 678.38 scrutiny fee~20 weeks · ~£678 · you pay · Source ↗
- 4HCPC's decision: registration, or a test of competence or period of adaptation if the assessors ask~8 weeks · you pay · Source ↗
- 5Register (GBP 370.02 for three professional years)~2 weeks · ~£370 · you pay · Source ↗
- 6Job offer from a sponsoring trust and the Health and Care Worker visa~12 weeks · who pays varies · Source ↗
- 7Overseas Employment Certificate from the Department of Migrant Workers, through a DMW-licensed recruitment agency or an employer the DMW allows to hire directly (Filipino workers)who pays varies · Source ↗
Rules checked 25 Oct 2026 · outcomeOS describes each regulator's published rules; it does not advise on your individual case. · Privacy · Terms
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