Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Changes have been made to the annual CPD return. These changes have been brought into effect to meet the requirements of maintaining accredited register status with the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). You can read more about the changes in this CPD up-date from the Lead Officer for Professional Registration.
CPD Annual Return
An essential part of registration is the completion of the CPD annual return as continuing evidence of meeting the requirements for registration and therefore, fitness to practice. An annual return will be requested in January each year and should be submitted to the UKBHC by e-mail. It is a condition of registration that a CPD Annual Return is completed. Registrants/members who fail to do so will be removed from the Register.
The CPD Annual Return template for 2025 can be downloaded below and is due 1st February 2026.
When filling in the annual return one point is awarded for each hour of CPD activity that meets the criteria – i.e. 1 point per hour of reading, teaching, writing or the total points awarded for attending a course.
Different categories of registration/membership require a variance of hours commensurate to that level of registration/membership. These are:
Full/Associate/Student: 40 hours/year
Affiliate: 20 hours/year
Senior Honorary Associate: 10 hours/year
Also available for download as guidance is an example of a high-quality CPD Annual Return. We recommend that you review this prior to completing your own CPD Annual Return.
CPD Completed Annual Return example
This information has been used with permission with details changed. This example provides a helpful indication of what type of activities fit into the different categories. If you are not sure, please email academicstandards.lead@ukbhc.org.uk or registration.lead@ukbhc.org.uk