HCPC determination — substantive hearing
Formally warned
The regulator’s term: warning
What does “formally warned” mean?
A formal warning is a note on the practitioner's record. It does not restrict practice but tells the public that the regulator considered the conduct to have fallen below expected standards.
Concerning Justin Manning, operating department practitioner (HCPC ODP13956).
Decision date: 13 March 2026 · Hearing started 11 March 2026 and ended 13 March 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Justin Manning should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel issued a caution or warning. 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 (ODP13956): 1. On or about 28 February 2024, you failed to comply with Horder Healthcare’s Acceptable Use Policy, in that you sent an email from your Horder Health care email address to Person A, containing: 1.1. Sexually explicit content; and/or 1.2. Unwelcome propositions; and/or 1.3. Profanity and/or obscenity; and/or 1.4. Content that could be construed as harassment. 2. The matter set out at Particular 1 above constitutes misconduct. 3. On or about 9 October 2024, you were convicted at Hastings Magistrates Court for the following offences: 3.1. Between September 2023 and 04/03/2024, pursued a course of conduct, namely Person A, which amounted to stalking causing Person A serious alarm or distress, which had a substantial adverse effect on her usual day-to-day activities when you knew or ought to have known that your course of conduct would cause alarm or distress. Contrary to section 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. 3.2. On 28/02/2024, threatened to share a photograph which showed, or appeared to show, another person, namely Person A, in an intimate state, intending or being reckless as to whether that person, or another person who knows that person, will fear that the threat will be carried out. Contrary to section 66B(4) and (10) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. 4. By reason of the matters set out above, your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your misconduct and/or your conviction Finding Background 3. The Registrant is a registered Operating Department Practitioner. At the material time, he was employed by Horder Healthcare (the Employer) as a Clinical Lead Surgical Care Practitioner. 4. On 29 February 2024, GR (a People’s Advisor at the Employer), was informed that...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Justin Manning by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel issued a caution or warning. The allegation section states: As a registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP13956): 1. On or about 28 February 2024, you failed to comply with Horder Healthcare’s Acceptable Use Policy, in that you sent an email from your Horder Health care.... The order section states: comes into effect..
Source
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