Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS suspends Graeme Crew for 12 months over registration dishonesty
A panel found historic dishonest registration breaches and current impairment, while assessing the repetition risk as low.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 7 November 2022 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Graeme J Crew, operating department practitioner (Health and Care Professions Council ODP24160).
Decision date: 7 November 2022 · Hearing started 31 October 2022 and ended 7 November 2022
In plain English
The HCPTS panel found that operating department practitioner Graeme Crew dishonestly practised while unregistered, failed to tell his employer and gave an inaccurate date on his readmission form. It found current impairment but a low repetition risk, imposed a 12-month suspension and made an interim suspension pending appeal.
Charges
It was alleged that the Registrant failed to disclose seven overtime overpayments, employment restrictions and a suspension, practised while unregistered, failed to tell his employer that his registration had lapsed, made an inaccurate statement on his HCPC readmission form, acted dishonestly and committed misconduct.
Findings
The Panel proved Particulars 1 and 3-6 and did not prove Particular 2. It found dishonesty in Particulars 4, 5 and 6, but not in Particulars 1, 2 or 3. It found Particulars 4-6 amounted to misconduct, while Particulars 1 and 3 did not, and found current impairment on personal and public components with a low repetition risk. It imposed a 12-month Suspension Order and an interim suspension for the appeal period, up to 18 months.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The Particulars found to amount to misconduct are historic, having arisen between 2009 and 2010. They were all part of the same incident. The Registrant successfully managed the Registration requirement prior to this incident and has done since. The Registrant continued to work for 10 years for the Trust. He has been reported as being hard working, possessing considerable knowledge and expertise and respected by his colleagues and those he managed.
Aggravating factors
The misconduct involved dishonesty towards both his employer and his regulator. The misconduct involved fundamental breaches, a core tenet of his profession. There was no evidence of remorse, insight or remediation.
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