Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS imposes two-year caution on Angharad Vaughan following drink-driving conviction
The HCPTS panel found impairment on public-interest grounds only, accepting significant insight and remediation. It directed a two-year caution on Angharad Vaughan's register entry.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 27 July 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning Dr Angharad Vaughan, practitioner psychologist (Health and Care Professions Council PYL039381).
Decision date: 27 July 2026 · Hearing started 27 July 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel imposed a two-year caution on practitioner psychologist Angharad Vaughan following a drink-driving conviction. It found no current personal impairment, accepting her insight, remorse and substantial remediation. However, it found impairment on public-interest grounds because the offending required a clear regulatory response. The caution records the seriousness of the case without imposing conditions or suspension on her practice.
Charges
The case concerned an admitted September 2024 conviction for driving with excess alcohol following a collision with a parked vehicle. The panel also considered the history of a previous drink-driving conviction when assessing seriousness and sanction.
Findings
The panel found no current impairment on the personal component, accepting substantial insight, remorse and practical remediation. It found impairment on public-interest grounds to uphold standards and confidence after repeated offending. It imposed a two-year caution to be annotated on the register and rejected conditions of practice as unnecessary and inappropriate.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
• Insight • Remorse • Apology, and • Remediation.
Aggravating factors
• Repetition of serious offending.
Source
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