Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS strikes off Timothy Flockhart after indecent image convictions
An HCPTS panel struck off paramedic Timothy Flockhart after finding his fitness to practise impaired following three convictions involving indecent images of children.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 20 January 2025 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Timothy Flockhart, paramedic (Health and Care Professions Council PA34988).
Decision date: 20 January 2025 · Hearing started 20 January 2025
In plain English
The HCPTS panel found Timothy Flockhart's fitness to practise impaired following convictions for making indecent images of children. It found a risk of repetition and no evidence of insight or remediation, struck him off the register and imposed an interim suspension during the appeal period.
Charges
Timothy Flockhart was convicted at Exeter Crown Court of three counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child. The allegation was that his fitness to practise was impaired by reason of the conviction.
Findings
The panel found the conviction proved and found Timothy Flockhart's fitness to practise impaired on personal and public grounds. It found no evidence of insight or remediation and a risk of repetition, and concluded that the offences were fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register. It struck him off and imposed an interim suspension order for up to 18 months pending the appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
the Registrant made admissions to the offences at the first opportunity and pleaded guilty at the Crown Court; the Panel noted the Judge’s sentencing remarks, referred to above, and the reference to the Registrant having expressed remorse for his misconduct; the Panel also noted the Judge’s reference to the fact that the Probation Services deemed the Registrant’s risk of re-offending to be low.
Source
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