Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS strikes Anthony Ashton off the register
The biomedical scientist was removed after an exposure conviction, continuing denial and a finding of repetition risk.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 20 February 2024 · Updated 23 September 2026
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The regulator directed removal from the register in this decision. The decision explains when the direction takes effect and any appeal provisions. Check the official register for the practitioner's current registration status.
Concerning Anthony Ashton, biomedical scientist (Health and Care Professions Council BS65969).
Decision date: 20 February 2024 · Hearing started 19 February 2024 and ended 20 February 2024
In plain English
The HCPTS panel struck biomedical scientist Anthony Ashton off the register following his conviction for exposure. He continued to deny the offence, had not shown remediation and remained on the sex offenders register. The panel found a risk of repetition and concluded that only removal would adequately protect the public and confidence in the profession.
Charges
Mr Ashton was convicted of exposure under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. One of two original convictions was quashed on appeal, but the conviction concerning an incident in May 2021 remained.
Findings
The panel found personal and public-interest impairment because Mr Ashton continued to deny the offence, had not remediated, remained on the sex offenders register and posed a risk of repetition. It found suspension insufficient and ordered striking off, with an interim suspension for the appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The Registrant has expressed a degree of insight into how offences such as the one that he has been convicted of can harm a victim; The Registrant has expressed insight into the general seriousness of offences such as the one that he has been convicted of.
Aggravating factors
The Registrant had been convicted of a serious sexual offence and remained on the sexual offender's database; The Registrant's ongoing refusal to accept his conviction has resulted in a lack of insight from him in respect of the nature of his conviction and the consequences of his actions; The Registrant has previously accepted a conditional caution for an analogous matter; The Registrant's ongoing refusal to accept his conviction together with his acceptance of a conditional caution give rise to a risk of repetition and consequent harm to members of the public and the reputation of the profession and the HCPC as a regulator; The offence for which the Registrant was convicted has the potential to cause harm.
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