Health and Care Professions Council determination — voluntary removal
HCPTS approves Paul M Sutton voluntary removal
The paramedic admitted misconduct and impairment over changes to emergency Red 2 call handling at an ambulance trust.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 12 July 2023 · Updated 23 September 2026
Voluntary erasure accepted (voluntary removal from the register)
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What does “voluntary removal from the register” mean?
The practitioner asked to be removed from the register and the regulator accepted the request. This may happen during or after a fitness-to-practise case.
Concerning Paul M Sutton, paramedic (Health and Care Professions Council PA03642).
Decision date: 12 July 2023 · Hearing started 12 July 2023
In plain English
The HCPTS panel approved a Voluntary Removal Agreement after paramedic Paul M Sutton admitted misconduct and impairment concerning changes to emergency Red 2 call handling. It directed his removal from the register, with any future restoration application treated as if he had been struck off.
Charges
The allegations concerned Paul M Sutton's authorisation and oversight of changes to the handling of emergency Red 2 calls at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust between 22 July 2014 and July 2015, including clinical validation, quality impact assessment, concerns, authorisation, governance and disclosure failings, said to amount to misconduct and impairment.
Findings
Paul M Sutton admitted all the allegations, including misconduct and impairment. The panel approved the Voluntary Removal Agreement, directed the Registrar to remove his name from the register, and recorded that any restoration application would be treated as if he had been struck off and could not be made for at least five years.
Source
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