Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS issues Omar Barry with 12-month caution after drug-driving conviction
A physiotherapist received a 12-month caution after an HCPTS panel approved consensual disposal of a case arising from a drug-driving conviction.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 19 March 2025 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Omar Barry, physiotherapist (Health and Care Professions Council PH130861).
Decision date: 19 March 2025 · Hearing started 19 March 2025
In plain English
The HCPTS panel approved a 12-month caution order for physiotherapist Omar Barry following a conviction for driving with a controlled drug above the legal limit. It found the incident isolated and the risk of repetition low.
Charges
Omar Barry was convicted at Crawley Magistrates' Court of driving with benzoylecgonine in his blood above the specified limit. The allegation was that his fitness to practise was impaired by reason of the conviction.
Findings
The panel found Omar Barry's fitness to practise impaired by reason of the conviction. It approved consensual disposal by a 12-month caution order, finding the conduct was an isolated incident, that he had insight and genuine remorse, had remediated as far as possible, and presented a low risk of repetition.
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