Restoring your name to the register

If you're no longer registered and you would like to practise in the UK again, you will need to apply for restoration to the register. You may have been removed from the register due to working abroad, taking a career break, or not completing your annual renewal.

Do I need to send any evidence of CPD?

You will need to make a CPD declaration. If you have been off the register for 12 months or more, or you have previously been removed from the register for not complying with CPD requirements, you will also need to submit a CPD record and supporting evidence with your application for restoration.

The requirements for CPD records are as follows:

You have been off the register for less than 12 months and not previously been removed for not complying with CPD requirements: you will need to make a declaration about the CPD you have completed.
You have been off the register for more than 12 months, but less than five years, and not previously been removed for not complying with CPD requirements: you will need to submit evidence of verifiable CPD completed since the start of your current cycle, which will include verifiable CPD certificates, your CPD activity log and your Personal Development Plan (PDP).
You have been off the register for more than five years, or have been removed from the register for not complying with CPD requirements at any time: you will need to submit five years of verifiable CPD evidence, which will include verifiable CPD certificates, your CPD activity log and your PDP.

Our guidance on completing CPD and supporting document templates to help you.

Once you are restored to the register, we may carry out an audit at any time during your CPD cycle. If you’re selected for an audit, you’ll be asked to submit your CPD record for the completed part of current your cycle. We may carry out an audit of your CPD record for up to five years after it is completed, so please make sure you retain it.