Health and Care Professions Council determination — voluntary removal
HCPTS approves Holly Tetlow voluntary removal
The occupational therapist accepted the allegation and impairment, and the panel found voluntary removal protected the public.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 9 February 2024 · Updated 23 September 2026
Voluntary erasure accepted (voluntary removal from the register)
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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 Holly Tetlow, occupational therapist (Health and Care Professions Council OT76472).
Decision date: 9 February 2024 · Hearing started 9 February 2024
In plain English
The HCPTS panel approved occupational therapist Holly Tetlow's informed voluntary removal after earlier findings of broad clinical shortcomings, lack of competence and impairment. It revoked the existing suspension and confirmed that any future return application would be treated like that of a person who had been struck off.
Charges
The underlying allegation concerned shortcomings in the Registrant's occupational-therapy practice across eleven patients, including assessment and documentation, discharge equipment and planning, record keeping, clinical reasoning, communication, follow-up actions and therapeutic interventions, said to amount to misconduct and/or lack of competence and impairment.
Findings
The final hearing panel found all factual particulars proved except 2(a), 3(c), 4(c), 5(e), 9(c), 9(e), 9(f) and 10(b), found lack of competence and impairment on both personal and public components, and imposed suspension. The Registrant later accepted the allegation and impairment in a signed Voluntary Removal Agreement. The Panel approved voluntary removal, permitted withdrawal of the proceedings and revoked the Suspension Order; the agreement has an effect equivalent to striking off.
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