Health and Care Professions Council determination — review hearing
HCPTS panel extends Sarah Neita's practice conditions over record concerns
An HCPTS panel extended occupational therapist Sarah Neita's conditions for 12 months after finding insufficient evidence of insight and remediation and continuing record-related concerns.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 26 March 2024 · Updated 23 September 2026
Conditions on practice (practising with restrictions) — 1 year
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Conditions of practice allow the practitioner to keep working but only subject to specific restrictions — for example, supervision, limits on certain procedures, or required reporting to the regulator.
Concerning Sarah Neita, occupational therapist (Health and Care Professions Council OT52913).
Decision date: 26 March 2024 · Hearing started 26 March 2024
In plain English
The HCPTS panel found that Sarah Neita's fitness to practise remained impaired because she had not shown sufficient insight or remediation and risks of repetition and harm remained. It said her failings were still capable of remedy and decided suspension would be disproportionate. The panel varied and extended the occupational therapist's conditions of practice for a further 12 months.
Charges
The substantive allegation concerned Sarah Neita's delayed and incomplete records, failures to follow up an intervention recommendation, and removal and retention of confidential service-user documents after leaving her employer. The original panel found lack of competence in her record keeping and follow-up, misconduct in her handling of confidential information, and impairment.
Findings
The review panel found that Sarah Neita had not shown sufficient insight or remediation, had not provided required evidence in a timely way and continued to present risks of repetition and harm. It found her fitness to practise remained impaired on personal and public grounds, but that the deficiencies were remediable, and varied and extended her conditions for 12 months.
Source
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