Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS orders Gary Hutton to be struck off following child-sex-offence convictions
The HCPTS panel found impairment following convictions for attempting to arrange or facilitate child sexual offences. It ordered striking off with interim suspension during the appeal process.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 17 August 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning Gary Hutton, paramedic (Health and Care Professions Council PA41236).
Decision date: 17 August 2026 · Hearing started 17 August 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel ordered paramedic Gary Hutton to be struck off following two convictions for attempting to arrange or facilitate child sexual offences. The panel found current impairment, a high risk of repetition and no evidence of insight or remediation. It concluded that no lesser sanction would protect the public and maintain confidence. Interim suspension covers the appeal process before the final order takes effect.
Charges
The case concerned two November 2025 convictions for attempting to arrange or facilitate child sexual offences. The panel relied on the certificate of conviction and sentencing remarks. The offences were attempts; the panel did not find that the planned abuse had taken place.
Findings
The panel found current impairment by reason of conviction on both personal and public grounds. It found serious risks, no evidence of insight or remediation and conduct incompatible with continued registration. It ordered striking off, with a separate interim suspension of up to 18 months to cover the appeal period or any appeal before the final order takes effect.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Aggravating factors
• The Registrant has breached the trust placed in him by the public by engaging in conduct of the nature involved in the convictions; • The Registrant engaged in a pattern of unacceptable behaviour; • The lack of any insight shown – the Registrant has failed to acknowledge the impact of his actions on the potential victims, the wider public or on his colleagues; • The lack of remediation; • The potential for significant physical, emotional and psychological harm being caused to vulnerable children had the planned behaviour been carried out; • The potential for harm to be caused to the service users who were under the care of the Registrant whilst he was online committing the offences, at a time when those service users may have been vulnerable; • Predatory behaviour in grooming mothers with a view to engaging in the sexual abuse of children.
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