HCPC determination — other
Interim restrictions imposed — 1 year
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Concerning Hassan Abbas, chiropodist podiatrist (HCPC CH34985).
Decision date: 19 March 2026 · Hearing started 19 March 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Hassan Abbas should be subject to the published outcome from a consent order hearing. The panel imposed interim conditions of practice for 12 months. 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 Chiropodist/Podiatrist (CH34985): 1. On or around 20 April 2022, you procured money from Service User A, whilst delivering NHS care. 2. On or around 17 May 2022, you procured money from Service User D, whilst delivering NHS care. 3. On 20 April 2022, after providing medical care to Service User A, you: a. Did not complete an environmental risk assessment. b. Did not make a record of Service User A’s interdigital skin lesion. c. Did not document clinical rationale to putting Service User A onto a telephone review. 4. On or around 20 April 2022, you informed Service User A that nail care is not available through the NHS, when this was not the case. 5. Between 20 April 2022 and 25 July 2022, you promoted private practice whilst delivering NHS care, in that: a. On or around 20 April 2022 you left your business card with Service User A during a home visit. b. On or around 21 April 2022, you left your contact details on a piece of paper with Service User B during a home visit. c. On or around 17 May 2022 you left your business card with Service User D during a home visit. d. On or around 21 April 2022 you told Service User B you did “private work and that there is a charge for this”, or words to that effect. e. On one or more occasions between 13 July 2022 and 25 July 2022, you used Service User A and/or Service B’s and/or Service User D’s contact details outside the delivery of NHS care, to offer your private services. 6. Your conduct in relation to particulars 1-2 was dishonest, in that you knew that Service User A and/or Service User D were entitled to the treatment provided under the NHS without charge. 7. Your conduct in relation to particular 3 was dishonest, in that you knowingly provided Service User A with inaccurate information in order to deliver...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a consent order hearing for Hassan Abbas by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel imposed interim conditions of practice for 12 months. The allegation section states: As a registered Chiropodist/Podiatrist (CH34985): 1. On or around 20 April 2022, you procured money from Service User A, whilst delivering NHS care. 2. On or around 17 May 2022, you procured money from Service User D.... The order section states: comes into effect, you, Hassan Abbas, must comply with the following conditions of practice: 1. You must place yourself and remain under the indirect supervision of a workplace supervisor registered by the HCPC or other appropriate statutory regulator and....
Source
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