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 Ahsan Ali, hearing aid dispenser (HCPC HAD03250).
Decision date: 21 January 2026 · Hearing started 20 January 2026 and ended 21 January 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Ahsan Ali 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: were proved and the statutory ground of conviction was established. Decision on Impairment: 16. The Panel noted that the Registrant had submitted a document, apparently addressed to the Court of Appeal, asserting his innocence and claiming a miscarriage of justice. The Panel was unable to look behind the record of the Registrant’s conviction nor to place any reliance as to the truth of these assertions. 17. The Registrant had provided no evidence of remorse, apology, reflection, insight or remediation. The Panel further noted that the Registrant had provided no information about his current circumstances, either personal or work-related, nor had he produced any references or testimonials. 18. The Panel took into account the transcript of the Judge’s sentencing remarks and his reference to the humiliation caused by the Registrant to the elderly service users by being taken advantage of and the fact that he had repaid none of the money of which he had defrauded them. 19. The Panel had regard to the submissions of Mr Hendron. 20. The Panel applied the guidance contained in the HCPTS Practice Note on “Fitness to Practise Impairment” and accepted the advice of the Legal Assessor. 21. In determining whether the Registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired, the Panel took into account both the personal and public aspects of impairment. The personal aspect relates to the Registrant’s own practice as a Hearing Aid Dispenser, including any evidence of insight and remorse and efforts to remediate his practice. The public aspect includes the need to protect service users, declare and uphold proper standards of behaviour and maintain public confidence in the profession and the Regulator. 22. With regard to the personal element of impairment, the Panel considered that the...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Ahsan Ali by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The allegation section states: were proved and the statutory ground of conviction was established. Decision on Impairment: 16. The Panel noted that the Registrant had submitted a document, apparently addressed to the Court of Appeal, asserting his.... The order section states: comes into effect..
Source
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