HCPC determination — substantive hearing
Struck off the register
The regulator’s term: erasure
What does “struck off the register” mean?
Being struck off (the regulator calls this "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years, but is otherwise indefinite.
Concerning Colin Fernandes, operating department practitioner (HCPC ODP33907).
Decision date: 27 March 2026 · Hearing started 26 March 2026 and ended 27 March 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Colin Fernandes should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Charges
The HCPTS allegation section states: As a registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP33907): 1. On 9 January 2024, you were convicted at Portsmouth Crown Court of ‘sexual assault on a female’. 2. By reason of the matters set out above, your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of conviction.
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Colin Fernandes by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The allegation section states: As a registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP33907): 1. On 9 January 2024, you were convicted at Portsmouth Crown Court of ‘sexual assault on a female’. 2. By reason of the matters set out above, your fitness.... The order section states: comes into effect..
Source
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