> ## Documentation Index
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# CPD tracker

> Record professional learning, reflect on your practice and prepare your CPD records.

Open **CPD** in your dashboard to keep your professional learning in one place. Your CPD records belong to your account. Other practitioners in your practice cannot view them.

## Set up your tracker

The first time you open CPD, click **Set up CPD** on the empty page to open setup. Choose **BACP**, **NCPS**, **UKCP** or **HCPC**, then enter your reporting dates.

Set **Reporting year starts** to match your membership dates. For UKCP, also set **Five-year cycle starts** to your reaccreditation cycle. For HCPC, set **Two-year cycle starts** to your registration period. Click **Start tracking** to save your choices and open your tracker.

If you close setup before saving, click **Set up CPD** on the empty page to return. The empty page stays until you save; setup only opens when you click the button. If you used CPD before this setup was introduced, confirm your body and dates once; your existing activities are kept.

## Change your settings

Click **CPD settings** to change your professional body or reporting dates, then click **Save settings**. Bloom saves each body's dates separately and restores them when you select that body again. You use the same activity log across all four bodies.

Your progress appears at the top of the tracker, followed by activities in the selected reporting period.

## Understand your progress

| Body | What to track |
| - | - |
| BACP | Normally at least 30 hours each year, alongside relevant learning and reflection. Clinical supervision is a separate requirement. |
| NCPS | At least 30 hours each year, a range of activities, learning gained and supporting evidence. Bloom keeps supervision out of the CPD total. Check current detailed eligibility guidance in your NCPS member portal. |
| UKCP | At least 250 hours in your five-year reaccreditation cycle, with normally at least 20 hours in each year. Your college or accrediting organisation may have additional requirements. |
| HCPC | Continuous learning, a mixture of at least two learning activity types, and reflection on your practice and benefits to service users. There is no fixed hours target. |

<Note>
  Progress helps you review your records. Reaching an hours target does not confirm that you meet every professional requirement. Your body assesses the relevance, quality and evidence of your learning.
</Note>

## Record an activity

Click **Add activity** to open the activity modal. Enter its title, date, duration in minutes and learning type. You can also record the provider or organiser. Scroll within the form to reach reflections and evidence; **Save activity** and **Cancel** stay visible.

Choose from **Work-based learning**, **Professional activity**, **Formal / educational** or **Self-directed learning**. These categories help you review the variety of your learning; you do not need an equal number in each category.

Use the reflection fields to record:

* **Learning need** — why you chose the activity and what you wanted to develop.
* **Learning outcomes** — what you learnt.
* **Impact on practice** — how the learning changed or improved your work.
* **Benefit to clients** — how it benefits the people you support.

Click **Save activity**. You can save before finishing every reflection and return to complete it later. Recording text in each field does not assess the quality of your reflection.

<Tip>
  Keep reflections focused on your learning. Leave out client names and identifiable clinical details.
</Tip>

## Review and manage activities

Your activities are grouped by month. Each row shows its date, title, learning type, provider when recorded, duration and reflection status. Search by title or provider to find an activity.

Click an activity's title to expand its reflections and supporting evidence. Click **Edit reflections** to open the activity modal and update the record.

Open the activity's actions menu to choose **Edit activity**, **Copy activity** or **Delete activity**. If you choose to delete, confirm with **Delete activity** beneath the row or click **Keep activity** to cancel.

## Record supervision accurately

Select **This activity was clinical supervision** for a supervision session. A training course about supervision is a learning activity; it is not itself a supervision session.

Bloom excludes flagged supervision from BACP and NCPS CPD totals. It remains in your log. UKCP's national guidance includes supervision, but your college or accrediting organisation may apply different eligibility rules. In **CPD settings**, select **Exclude supervision for my college or organisation** and click **Save settings** if your UKCP policy requires this. HCPC allows relevant learning through supervision as part of your wider record.

This tracker does not assess whether your supervision arrangements meet your professional body's separate supervision requirements.

## Keep evidence references

Add an **Evidence reference** to describe a certificate, notes or another supporting record. You can add an **Evidence link** to material stored elsewhere.

Evidence files are not uploaded or stored through the CPD form. Keep the original evidence securely and make sure you can access it when needed.

## Prepare your records for review

Choose **Copy activity** from an activity's actions menu to copy its details. Click **Export records** to download a CSV for your selected body and period. Review your dates, reflections and evidence before using them to prepare a submission.

For UKCP, click **Export five-year cycle** to include the full reaccreditation period. Exports identify the selected body, reporting dates and guidance version. They retain supervision records and show when those hours are excluded from the selected body's indicator.

BACP requires its own CPD hub or template format. HCPC asks selected registrants for a practice summary, dated activity list, personal statement and supporting evidence. A Bloom export helps you prepare those materials; it does not submit them or replace the required format.

## Read the current requirements

Guidance checked on 21 September 2026. Follow your professional body's latest instructions, including any requirements specific to your membership category, college or accrediting organisation.

* [BACP guide to CPD](https://www.bacp.co.uk/membership/registered-membership/guide-to-CPD/)
* [NCPS policy hub](https://ncps.com/representing-you/policy-hub) and [member portal](https://www.member-ncps.com/account/login)
* [UKCP continuing professional development guidance](https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/ukcp-members/standards-guidance-and-policies/continuing-professional-development-cpd/)
* [HCPC CPD requirements](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/cpd/our-cpd-requirements/) and [audit profile guidance](https://www.hcpc-uk.org/cpd/completing-a-cpd-profile-for-audit/putting-your-cpd-profile-together/)


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