CPD

Continuing professional development by role: regulator requirements, official links and optional hours tracker. NHS, teachers, social workers, Civil Service and more.

Find your role

Type your role or organisation in the search box, then pick your calculator from the list. Or tap a letter to jump there straight away.

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Quick links to popular roles. All calculators are also listed by sector below.

Staff Nurse CPD & Professional Development Calculator Classroom Teacher CPD & Professional Development Calculator HEO CPD & Professional Development Calculator Social Worker CPD & Professional Development Calculator Police Constable CPD & Professional Development Calculator Junior Doctor CPD & Professional Development Calculator

Calculators by sector

Browse by sector to find your role. Every calculator in this category is listed below.

Health

Education

Central Government

Local Government

Emergency Services

Defence

Transport & Infrastructure

Public Bodies & Agencies

Understand CPD for your role

CPD pages summarise continuing professional development and revalidation expectations from regulators and official guidance, with links to primary sources. Where numeric targets exist, you can track hours locally in your browser.

Example scenario

Rachel, staff nurse

NMC revalidation cycle, third year

She is halfway through her three-year NMC cycle and wants to check how many CPD hours she still needs, including participatory learning, before her revalidation date.

On the Staff Nurse CPD page, she might see:

  • 35 hours CPD over 3 years
  • 20 hours participatory learning
  • Official links to NMC requirements

This is a planning aid only. Always record CPD in the systems your regulator and employer require.

What to verify with your regulator

  • Your registration category and revalidation date
  • Which activities count as participatory learning
  • Employer training that must be logged separately

About this tool

What does the CPD guide do?

It points you to the regulator or sector framework that typically applies to your role, lists key requirements from official sources, and links to those pages. Some regulated professions have published hour targets; where we include them, you can track progress locally. It is for awareness and planning, not a substitute for your regulator or employer.

Who is it for?

We cover CPD for roles across the UK public sector: health (e.g. NHS nurses, midwives, doctors, allied health, pharmacy), education (e.g. teachers, FE, HE), central government, local government (e.g. councils, social care), emergency services and more. Pick your sector above to find your role.

Always use official sources

CPD and revalidation rules change. Rely on the official links on each page, your registration body and your employer for definitive requirements.