Health and Care Professions Council determination — voluntary removal
HCPTS approves Rebekah Gibson's voluntary removal
The occupational therapist admitted care, discharge-planning and safeguarding failures involving two service users.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 4 December 2023 · Updated 23 September 2026
Voluntary erasure accepted (voluntary removal from the register)
Data last checked: 23 September 2026Report a correction
What does “voluntary removal from the register” mean?
The practitioner asked to be removed from the register and the regulator accepted the request. This may happen during or after a fitness-to-practise case.
Concerning Rebekah Gibson, occupational therapist (Health and Care Professions Council OT59060).
Decision date: 4 December 2023 · Hearing started 4 December 2023
In plain English
The HCPTS panel approved occupational therapist Rebekah Gibson's immediate voluntary removal from the register. She admitted serious failures in risk assessment, discharge planning, equipment, record keeping and safeguarding involving two service users. Because she had left the profession and did not intend to return, the panel found removal equivalent to striking off adequately protected the public.
Charges
Ms Gibson admitted failures in risk assessment, discharge planning, equipment provision, clinical reasoning, record keeping and safeguarding for two service users, one of whom had to be readmitted to hospital after an unsafe discharge.
Findings
The panel approved the voluntary removal agreement. Ms Gibson admitted the allegations and impairment, had left occupational therapy and did not intend to return. The panel found that removal on terms equivalent to striking off adequately protected the public and public interest.
Source
All facts on this page are drawn from the publicly published Health and Care Professions Council determination linked below. MedicWatch does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.
Spot something incorrect?
If a fact on this page is wrong, or you believe the page should not be published, please submit a correction or takedown request.