HCPC determination — substantive hearing
Interim restrictions imposed — 6 months
The regulator’s term: interim order imposed
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Concerning Amanda Maison, operating department practitioner (HCPC ODP17729).
Decision date: 19 January 2026 · Hearing started 6 January 2026 and ended 19 January 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Amanda Maison should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel imposed an interim suspension for 6 months. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Charges
The HCPTS allegation section states: .55. The Panel carefully considered the written submissions of Ms Evans on behalf of the HCPC. The Panel accepted the advice of the Legal Assessor.56. The Panel was mindful that this was a matter for the Panel’s professional judgement, there being no standard or burden of proof.57. The Panel took into account that misconduct was defined in Roylance v General Medical Council (no 2) [2001] 1 AC 311 as: “a word of general effect, involving some act or omission which falls short of what would be proper in the circumstances. The standard of propriety may often be found by reference to the rules and standards ordinarily required to be followed by a (medical) practitioner in the particular circumstances”.58. In relation to Particular 1a and 1b, the Panel considered that the Registrant‘s conduct was in breach of standards 2.5, 6.1, 6.2 and 9.1 of the HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2016). 59. The Registrant caused a disruption in the operating theatre at a critical moment, when a high-risk patient was on the operating table and under sedation. Given the patient was an ASA 3 patient and under ‘twilight’ sedation, as an experienced ODP, the Registrant must have realised how important her role was in supporting the Anaesthetist. By not telling her colleagues in the operating theatre where she was going nor when she would return, the team were without the ODP. This resulted in the team having to quickly reorganise in order to cover her absence. The Panel was satisfied that the Registrants conduct was a clear breach of standard 2.5 of the Code, which states: “You must work in partnership with colleagues …… where appropriate for the benefit of service users and carers”. 60. The Panel accepted the evidence of Mr SS, as supported by the other members of the surgical...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Amanda Maison by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel imposed an interim suspension for 6 months. The allegation section states: .55. The Panel carefully considered the written submissions of Ms Evans on behalf of the HCPC. The Panel accepted the advice of the Legal Assessor.56. The Panel was mindful that this was a matter for the Panel’s.... The order section states: : That the Registrar is directed to suspend the registration of Mrs Amanda Maison for a period of 6 months..
Source
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