HCPC determination — substantive hearing
Struck off the register
The regulator’s term: erasure
What does “struck off the register” mean?
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 Stephen Doohan, paramedic (HCPC PA42241).
Decision date: 2 April 2026 · Hearing started 1 April 2026 and ended 2 April 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Stephen Doohan 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: , the Panel was satisfied that the statutory ground of ‘conviction’ was also proved. Decision on Impairment Submissions 25. Ms Buckell referred the Panel to the HCPTS Practice Note on “Fitness to Practise Impairment” and to the four questions set out in paragraph 13 and the factors relevant to the assessment of ‘seriousness’ set out in paragraph 15. Ms Buckell submitted that the Registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired on both the public and the personal component. 26. Ms Buckell submitted that the Registrant posed a real risk of significant harm to the public. The conduct that led to the Registrant’s conviction had caused serious harm to the victim physically, as well as emotionally and psychologically, and that the Registrant was liable in the future to put service users at risk of unwarranted harm. 27. Ms Buckell submitted that the Registrant’s conduct was a clear breach of a fundamental tenet of the Paramedic profession and that it had undermined public confidence in the profession. Ms Buckell submitted that service users were entitled to expect that the health professionals who treat them to act with integrity and that the regulatory process is robust, fair and transparent. 28. In relation to the seriousness of the conviction, Ms Buckell submitted that the Registrant was in breach of the HCPC’s Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and that his behaviour fell far below that expected of a registered health professional. Ms Buckell specifically referred to Standard 9.1 which states, “You must make sure that your conduct justifies the public’s trust and confidence in you and your profession”. 29. Ms Buckell submitted that as the Registrant’s conduct involved attitudinal issues there was a high risk that it would be repeated. Decision 30. In reaching its...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Stephen Doohan by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The allegation section states: , the Panel was satisfied that the statutory ground of ‘conviction’ was also proved. Decision on Impairment Submissions 25. Ms Buckell referred the Panel to the HCPTS Practice Note on “Fitness to Practise Impairment”.... The order section states: comes into effect..
Source
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