HCPC determination — substantive hearing
Struck off the register
The regulator’s term: erasure
What does “struck off the register” mean?
Being struck off (the regulator calls this "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years, but is otherwise indefinite.
Concerning Guy Carman, paramedic (HCPC PA32579).
Decision date: 22 January 2026 · Hearing started 12 January 2026 and ended 22 January 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Guy Carman should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Charges
The HCPTS allegation section states: ’s [sic] are summerised [sic] ” The admission made was consistent with the evidence produced to the Panel, including the admissions made by the Registrant during his formal investigatory interview with his employer in April 2023 and in his ‘statement of admission’ contained in his email to the HCPC dated 14 December 2025. In the circumstances, the Panel was satisfied that the Registrant’s admission was unequivocal and that the admission was not being made for reasons of expediency or for some other inappropriate basis. The Panel therefore concluded that it was more likely than not that the Registrant misused controlled drugs belonging to the Trust in that the Registrant self-administered morphine as alleged. In the circumstances, the Panel found Particular 1a proved. Particular 1b The Registrant admitted the facts of Particular 1b. The admission made was consistent with the evidence produced to the Panel, including the admissions made by the Registrant during his formal investigatory interview with his employer in April 2023 and in his ‘statement of admission’ contained in his email to the HCPC dated 14 December 2025. In the circumstances, the Panel was satisfied that the Registrant’s admission was unequivocal and that the admission was not being made for reasons of expediency or for some other inappropriate basis. The Panel therefore concluded that it was more likely than not that the Registrant continued to work and/or drive an ambulance after self-administering morphine. As such, the Panel found the facts of Particular 1b proved. Particular 1c The Registrant admitted the facts of Particular 1b. The admission made was consistent with the evidence produced to the Panel, including the admissions made by the Registrant during his formal investigatory interview with his...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Guy Carman by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The allegation section states: ’s [sic] are summerised [sic] ” The admission made was consistent with the evidence produced to the Panel, including the admissions made by the Registrant during his formal investigatory interview with his employer in.... The order section states: comes into effect..
Source
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