Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS panel strikes off Jessica Silvester over theft and burglary convictions
An HCPTS panel struck paramedic Jessica Silvester from the register after her convictions for a conspiracy that targeted homes where vulnerable patients kept prescribed opiate medication.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 18 December 2023 · Updated 23 September 2026
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The regulator directed removal from the register in this decision. The decision explains when the direction takes effect and any appeal provisions. Check the official register for the practitioner's current registration status.
Concerning Jessica Silvester, paramedic (Health and Care Professions Council PA41835).
Decision date: 18 December 2023 · Hearing started 18 December 2023
In plain English
The HCPTS panel found that paramedic Jessica Silvester's convictions for conspiracy to steal and burgle impaired her fitness to practise. The offending used confidential patient information to target homes where vulnerable or terminally ill patients kept prescribed opiates. Finding no real insight or remediation and a high risk of repeated dishonest conduct, the panel ordered her struck from the register.
Charges
The allegation concerned Jessica Silvester's convictions for conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to commit burglary. The offending involved thefts of medication and medical equipment and a conspiracy to burgle homes where vulnerable or terminally ill patients and their carers kept prescribed opiate medication. She received a five-year prison sentence.
Findings
The panel found the conviction proved and found Jessica Silvester impaired on the personal and public components. It found no real insight or remediation, a high risk of repeated dishonest conduct, serious harm to patients and families, and damage to trust in the paramedic profession. It concluded that only a striking-off order was sufficient.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
there are no previous regulatory findings against the Registrant, who has been a Paramedic for a number of years.
Aggravating factors
The Registrant has no insight into her conviction and its potential impact on the patents and families in this case, or its impact on service users, her profession, and the wider public interest; the Registrant has failed to express any proper remorse or to apologise for her conviction; the Registrant has not provided any corroborative evidence that she has taken any steps) towards remedying her conviction; the harm to patients and their family members was evident and serious involving a diminishment in the essential trust and confidence necessary for Paramedics to practice effectively; public confidence in the profession has been undermined.
Source
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