Voluntary removal
A registrant may have occasion to request that their details are permanently removed from the SoHPS database: for example, if they have retired from practice, changed career, or moved abroad.
If you wish your details to be removed, please inform registration@sohps.org.uk giving your full name, registration number, and the reason for the request. You must confirm that you are not aware of any matter which could give rise to, or has given rise to, a fitness to practice allegation being made against you.
The Registration Coordinator will ask if you wish for your details to be retained on an archived register or removed in their entirety.
Automatic removal
Since 2020, any Health Play Specialist whose registration remains lapsed after a period of 10 years, will have their details automatically removed from the SoHPS database.
This does not apply to anyone in the following categories:
- Those who have voluntarily lapsed their registration due to retirement or a career break and who have expressed a wish to have their details retained.
- Those who have been in touch with the Registration Coordinator in respect of a Late Re-registration Application or Return to Practice.
Subsequent return to the public register
A qualified Health Play Specialist who wishes to return to the public register after a lapse of 10 or more years will need to provide the following evidence before they can be considered for reinstatement on the register:
- Copy of original certificate of HPS qualification (BTEC or FdA)
- Summary of employment history since qualification.
- Late Re-registration Application (if currently employed in an HPS position)
- Return to Practice Application (if not currently employed in an HPS position)