Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS cautions Benjamin Ashcroft-Highet for four years
The paramedic's hearing concerned the non-consensual sharing of an explicit video and was conducted entirely in private.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 19 August 2024 · Updated 23 September 2026
Warning (formally warned) — 4 years
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Concerning Benjamin Ashcroft-Highet, paramedic (Health and Care Professions Council PA45606).
Decision date: 19 August 2024 · Hearing started 15 August 2024 and ended 19 August 2024
In plain English
The HCPTS panel imposed a four-year caution on paramedic Benjamin Ashcroft-Highet following an allegation that he shared an explicit video of a colleague without consent. The hearing was held entirely in private to protect those involved, and the public determination did not disclose the panel's substantive reasoning.
Charges
Mr Ashcroft-Highet was alleged to have shared an explicit video of a colleague with another registrant without the colleague's consent between approximately July and October 2021.
Findings
The panel conducted the entire hearing in private to protect the colleague and the registrants' private lives. The published determination did not disclose its substantive reasoning, but recorded that the panel imposed a caution order for four years.
Source
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