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HCPC CPD write-ups for podiatrists, from your own notes

Turn rough notes on courses, reading and peer discussion into tidy CPD entries for your HCPC record. Free, or up to about $27£20€24A$38C$38 a month.

At a glance

  • What it costsFree–$27Free–£20Free–€24Free–A$38Free–C$38 a month

  • Worth, in extra profit or time saved in the worked example$60£45€54A$86C$85 a month

  • Pays for itselfIn about a week

  • Sign up and configure; no technical skills neededEasy to set up

Figures come from the worked example below, using its stated assumptions. Tool prices checked . How we check prices

The problem

HCPC registrants must keep a continuous, up-to-date record of their CPD and send a written profile if asked at renewal. Writing up 3 activities a month properly, at 30 minutes each, takes 1.5 hours a month, so it gets left until a letter arrives.

What the AI does

After a course, a journal article or a peer discussion, jot down what you did, what you learned and how it changed your practice, with no patient names or identifiable cases. Paste the notes into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and ask for a short CPD entry under those three headings. You check it's true and sounds like you, then file it in your CPD record. If HCPC asks for a profile, that is still yours to write.

A worked example

A podiatrist in Kent does about 3 CPD activities a month: an online course, a journal article and a case discussion with a colleague. They keep rough notes on their phone and turn them into entries at the end of each month.

Before

30 minutes to write up each activity: 1.5 hours a month, often put off

After

About 10 minutes to check and edit each entry: 30 minutes a month, done the same month

What it's worth

About $60£45€54A$86C$85 a month of the podiatrist's time, at an assumed $60£45€54A$86C$85 an hour: 20 minutes saved on each of 3 entries is 1 hour.

How to set it up

  1. Note what you did, what you learned and what you'll change, straight after each activity.
  2. Remove patient names, dates and anything that could identify a case before pasting.
  3. Ask ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini for a short CPD entry under those headings, written plainly.
  4. Check every sentence is true, then file the entry in your CPD record with any certificate.
  5. Each quarter, check your record shows a mix of activities and how they benefit patients, as HCPC's CPD standards ask.

What goes wrong

  • An assistant can make learning sound grander than it was. HCPC expects your record to be accurate.
  • A case discussion can identify a patient without a name, through a rare condition or a place. Keep detail general.
  • If HCPC asks for a profile, write it yourself from your record; don't send an assistant's draft unread.
  • Don't paste certificates or anything with personal details into a consumer plan.

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Last updated October 17, 2026.