Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS cautions Deborah Ruscillo for 12 months
The panel imposed a 12-month caution after finding exceptional insight and remediation and no significant risk that the misconduct would recur.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 14 April 2026 · Updated 23 September 2026
Warning (formally warned) — 1 year
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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 Deborah Ruscillo, physiotherapist (Health and Care Professions Council PH98026).
Decision date: 14 April 2026 · Hearing started 13 April 2026 and ended 14 April 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel imposed a 12-month caution on Deborah Ruscillo after finding misconduct for accessing another person's records without reason or consent. It found exceptional insight and remediation, no significant risk of repetition and no workable conditions, and concluded that suspension would be disproportionate.
Charges
The panel considered an allegation that Deborah Ruscillo accessed Person A's records without reason or consent on 3 September 2022, amounting to misconduct and impaired fitness to practise.
Findings
The panel found isolated but non-minor misconduct and imposed a 12-month caution. It found exceptional insight and remediation, no significant risk of repetition and no workable conditions, concluding that suspension would be disproportionate.
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