HCPC determination — substantive hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
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Being struck off (the regulator calls this "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years, but is otherwise indefinite.
Concerning Rosario Canade, practitioner psychologist (HCPC PYL31744).
Decision date: 2 December 2025 · Hearing started 1 December 2025 and ended 2 December 2025
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Rosario Canade should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The public page records the profession, registration number, allegation, finding, order, notes and hearing history for source verification.
Charges
The HCPTS allegation section states: may be made is that a registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired by reason of: “a conviction or caution in the United Kingdom for a criminal offence, or a conviction elsewhere for an offence which, if committed in England and Wales, would constitute a criminal offence,”. 17. The Panel referred to the Certificate of Conviction from Wood Green Crown Court dated 30 December 2024 and noted that the HCPC (Conduct and Competence Committee) (Procedure) Panel Rules 2003 10(d) provide:-“where the registrant has been convicted of a criminal offence, a certified copy of the certificate of conviction (or, in Scotland, an extract conviction) shall be admissible as proof of that conviction and of the findings of fact upon which it was based;” 18. The Panel was satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the fact of the conviction was found proven due to the admission of the Registrant and the Certificate of Conviction, accordingly the ground of conviction was also satisfied. Decision on Impairment 19. The Panel received written submissions dated 01 December 2025 from Ms Evans on behalf of the HCPC on the issue of impairment. Ms Evans submitted that the Registrant had breached Standard 9 of the HCPC Standards of Conduct Performance and Ethics by his conduct. Standard 9 requires a registrant to be honest and trustworthy in their personal and professional behaviour and states ‘You must make sure that your conduct justifies the public’s trust and confidence in you and your profession’. 20. It was submitted that Practitioner Psychologists occupy a position of trust, and that patients and their families must be able to trust them. To justify that trust, it was submitted that Practitioner Psychologists must maintain high standards of personal and professional conduct. Ms Evans invited...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Rosario Canade by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The allegation section states: may be made is that a registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired by reason of: “a conviction or caution in the United Kingdom for a criminal offence, or a conviction elsewhere for an offence which, if committed in.... The order section states: comes into effect..
Source
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