Every Registered Health Play Specialist is required to undertake a process of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and to maintain an ongoing record of their CPD activity. Continued professional development (CPD) refers to any process or activity, planned or otherwise, that
Exemplar Profiles
Exemplar Profiles (2024 revision) In this section, you will find excerpts from CPD Profiles which the Registration Committee have selected as examples of the standard expected in Profiles submitted for audit. The authors of these excerpts are recent nominees for
The CPD Profile
All registered Health Play Specialists are required to maintain an ongoing record of their continuing professional development (CPD) as a condition of registration. The CPD Profile is an important aspect of professional registration with SoHPS because: It represents an ongoing
Annual Re-registration Statistics
2024 ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR HPS RE-REGISTRATION! RE-REGISTRATION/AUDIT SUMMARY 2024 2024 2023 2022 Public Register 01-01-2024 681 669 672 New registrants (Jan-March 2024) 7 ANNUAL RE-REGISTRATIONS CONFIRMED(Jan-March 2024) 634 (93%) 616 (92%) 630 (93%) Late re-registrations approved 11 16 7
Payment Options
The fees to re-register with SOHPS are as follows: Annual Re-registration fee *Payable by HPS listed on public register £36.00 Payment due by 31 March annually Late Re-registration fee *Payable by lapsed registrants £61.00 Payment due at time of Late
Meet the Team
TINA CLEGG, Chair of SoHPS Read more I am a retired Health Play Specialist with 34 years’ NHS experience, having practiced in two District General Hospitals and two Children’s Hospitals. I have worked as a play specialist, a senior play
FAQ’s
ANNUAL RE-REGISTRATION Q1. How often do I have to re-register with SoHPS? A. All registrants are required to renew their registration annually, starting from the March following their first registration. The re-registration window is open from 5th January to the
Return to Practice
If your registration has lapsed and you wish to apply to re-join the professional register of Health Play Specialists, please contact the registration coordinator at registration@sohps.org.uk who will be able to advise you of the new protocol and provide you
Removal from the Register
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,
Fitness to Practice
Being ‘fit to practice’ requires a registered Health Play Specialist to have the knowledge, skills, health, and character to do their job safely and effectively. Fitness to Practice is not a punitive process: its aim is to support practitioners to