Health and Care Professions Council determination — review hearing
HCPTS panel extends Sandra Marshall's practice conditions for 18 months
An HCPTS panel extended speech and language therapist Sandra Marshall's conditions for 18 months after finding no evidence that she had addressed wide-ranging clinical shortcomings.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 11 June 2024 · Updated 23 September 2026
Conditions on practice (practising with restrictions) — 18 months
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What does “practising with restrictions” mean?
Conditions of practice allow the practitioner to keep working but only subject to specific restrictions — for example, supervision, limits on certain procedures, or required reporting to the regulator.
Concerning Sandra Marshall, speech and language therapist (Health and Care Professions Council SL33414).
Decision date: 11 June 2024 · Hearing started 11 June 2024
In plain English
The HCPTS panel found that speech and language therapist Sandra Marshall remained impaired after taking no steps to address wide-ranging clinical shortcomings while under an 18-month conditions order. It found a high risk that the failings would be repeated, but considered supervised practice could support remediation, and extended the conditions for a further 18 months.
Charges
The original allegations concerned failures to maintain and develop professional knowledge and skills, manage a caseload and take clinical decisions independently, answer questions accurately, make appropriate referrals and care decisions, keep adequate records, and communicate professionally and clearly with service users and parents.
Findings
The review panel found that nothing had changed since the conditions order was imposed. It found no evidence of developing insight, remediation, relevant learning or reflection, and found Sandra Marshall remained impaired on the personal and public components with a high risk of repeated failings. It extended the conditions of practice order for 18 months.
Source
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