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Speech and language therapistHealth and Care Professions Council SL06003

Linda Joyce

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Linda Joyce, speech and language therapist (Health and Care Professions Council SL06003). Most recent decision: No impairment found on 25 July 2024 by the Health and Care Professions Council.

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Latest published outcome

Most recent outcome: No impairment found, decided 25 July 2024 by the Health and Care Professions Council.

What does “no impairment found” mean?

The regulator found no current impairment in this decision. Read the decision for its effect on any existing order and check the official register for the practitioner's current status.

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Decisions and hearings

  1. Health and Care Professions Councilreview hearing

    No impairment found

    The HCPTS panel found that Linda Joyce's fitness to practise was no longer impaired after her six-month suspension for a drink-driving conviction. It found no evidence of personal impairment and said the criminal penalty, regulatory proceedings and suspension had marked the offence's seriousness. The panel directed that the suspension should lapse on its expiry on 15 August 2024.

  2. Health and Care Professions Councilsubstantive hearing

    Suspension(suspended from practice)· 6 months

    The HCPTS panel found that Linda Joyce's fitness to practise was impaired on public-interest grounds after her drink-driving conviction. It found no appreciable risk of repetition, noting her insight and remorse, but said the offence's seriousness required a sanction to maintain public confidence. The panel suspended the speech and language therapist for six months.

Practitioner details

Year qualified
1998

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