Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS orders Peter Pratt's removal over advice and risk-assessment failings
The HCPTS panel found misconduct involving advice outside professional scope and a parole report's risk assessment. It ordered striking off with interim suspension during the appeal process.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 3 September 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning Dr Peter Pratt, practitioner psychologist (Health and Care Professions Council PYL25403).
Decision date: 3 September 2026 · Hearing started 28 August 2026 and ended 3 September 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel ordered practitioner psychologist Peter Pratt to be struck off over advice outside his professional scope and inadequate risk assessment in a parole report. A separate billing finding did not meet the threshold for serious misconduct, and dishonesty was not alleged. The panel found impairment and no evidence of remediation. Interim suspension covers the appeal process before the final order takes effect.
Charges
The case concerned legal-strategy advice outside the scope of a practitioner psychologist, inadequate psychological risk formulation and conclusions in a report for parole proceedings, and billing for work not undertaken. The panel proved the particulars but found that the billing matter did not independently amount to serious professional misconduct; dishonesty was not alleged.
Findings
The panel found misconduct and impairment on both personal and public grounds in relation to the advice and risk-assessment failings. It considered the deficiencies remediable but found no evidence of insight or remediation, and an unequivocal unwillingness to engage with the hearing. It ordered striking off. An interim suspension of up to 18 months covers the appeal period or any appeal before the substantive order takes effect.
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