No qualification, licence, or registration is legally required to perform earwax removal as a non-clinical, non-regulated-activity practitioner.
In practice, the training and insurance market expects a recognised CPD-accredited course — but unlike some other trades, no single, universally-recognised UK training standard currently exists; the market is genuinely fragmented across competing private providers, each setting their own bar.
A joint "Minimum Training Standards in Aural Care" consultation closed 30 September 2025
Worth checking whether it has produced a published standard since.
Registering with a Professional Standards Authority–accredited voluntary register (the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists, or the Academy for Healthcare Science) is a credible trust signal, though not a legal requirement.
No single training provider is "the" accredited route
Several compete, and none is confirmed as the sole recognised standard.
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