HCPC determination — substantive hearing
Interim restrictions imposed — 18 months
The regulator’s term: interim order imposed
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An interim order is a precautionary restriction imposed before the regulator's investigation is complete. It is not a finding of fault — the underlying allegations have not yet been adjudicated.
Concerning Lisa Forgione, practitioner psychologist (HCPC PYL039401).
Decision date: 11 December 2025 · Hearing started 10 December 2025 and ended 11 December 2025
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Lisa Forgione should be subject to the published outcome from a final hearing. The panel imposed interim conditions of practice for 18 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: is serious, the conduct was not fundamentally incompatible with the Registrant remaining on the register, the Registrant had insight and that the issues were unlikely to be repeated, factors that the Panel concluded were present in this case. 240. In concluding that this was the appropriate sanction to impose, the Panel identified that: • The matters found proved, as set out in the Panel’s determination on misconduct, represented serious breaches of the Standards of Conduct Performance and Ethics; • As identified above, the Registrant has demonstrated a high level of insight into her misconduct and has taken appropriate steps to remediate her failings. The Panel in its determination on impairment concluded that the Registrant was therefore highly unlikely to repeat her misconduct; • The Panel was mindful that a striking off order was appropriate for the most serious cases of dishonesty. It considered that the Registrant's failing was not so serious that it was fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register. In reaching that conclusion, it had regard to paragraph 121 of the SP which states that a Suspension Order may be appropriate where “there is evidence to suggest that the Registrant is likely to be able to resolve or remedy their failings” which she has satisfied the Panel that she has done. As indicated above, the Panel was satisfied that the dishonesty was not the product of entrenched attitudinal issues. Similarly, it concluded that her sexual misconduct was at the lower end of the scale of seriousness. 241. To reassure itself that a Suspension Order was the appropriate and proportionate sanction to impose, the Panel considered whether a Striking-off Order was justified. It had regard to paragraph 130 of the SP which states that: “A striking off order...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Lisa Forgione by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel imposed interim conditions of practice for 18 months. The allegation section states: is serious, the conduct was not fundamentally incompatible with the Registrant remaining on the register, the Registrant had insight and that the issues were unlikely to be repeated, factors that the Panel concluded.... The order section states: comes into effect..
Source
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