How to search it

You can confirm someone's registration by searching our online register; it is updated daily, so it always gives the latest position on who is registered. This gives it an advantage over traditional printed or CD-based registers.

To perform a simple search to check whether a particular practitioner is on the register, enter their surname into the search box at the top right corner of every page.

If you do not know how to spell the person's name, or if you want to search the register by different criteria, click on the 'Advanced search' button instead.

There are a range of fields by which you can search the register. For example, you could search by registration number or company name by typing into the appropriate boxes. Or you can select a specialty or region from the dropdown lists.

Click on the 'Search now' button at the bottom of the page. The register will then produce a list of results that match what you searched for. The list will show some registration information about the practitioner(s). However, to view the full register entry of a practitioner, click on their name.

• If you searched for a registration number, there is likely only to be one matching result.
• If you searched for a surname, you will get a list of people who have that as the current or previous surname in their entry.
• If you searched for a specialty, you will see a list of all the people registered in that specialty.

To narrow down your results, try searching the register by more than one field at a time - for example, surname and specialty.

We cannot recommend one practitioner or forensic provider over another. Every practitioner on the register has reached the standard of safe, competent practice. If you are looking for someone to undertake forensic work, you must make this choice.