HCPC determination — substantive hearing
Struck off the register
The regulator’s term: erasure
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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 Aiwanehi Sandra Aigbokhaevbo, dietitian (HCPC DT033099).
Decision date: 26 March 2026 · Hearing started 23 March 2026 and ended 26 March 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Aiwanehi Sandra Aigbokhaevbo 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: and has expressed no remorse or apology. Her dishonest use of AI was compounded by her subsequent lies and by seeking to cast doubt on the professional integrity and veracity of the HCPC witnesses. Whilst she acknowledged in her evidence that using AI to assist her in her job interview would be cheating and “a great offence”, she has shown no insight as how cheating in a job interview would: • undermine the integrity of the recruitment process; •have a potentially negative impact on the Trust in having to address deficits in the knowledge and expertise of the person recruited; • potentially jeopardise patient care in being treated by a Dietitian who did have the knowledge and skills she claimed to have. 37. Given the attitudinal nature of the Registrant’s misconduct, and the absence of any evidence of remorse, insight or remediation, the Panel considered that there was a significant risk of repetition. The Panel found the Registrant to be untrustworthy in her willingness to tell lies in the course of her evidence and impugn the professional integrity of the HCPC’s witnesses. 38. The Panel therefore concluded that the Registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired at a personal level. 39. With regard to the public component of impairment, the Panel accepted the submissions on behalf of the HCPC that; • Honesty and integrity are fundamental requirements of healthcare professionals. • By seeking to obtain employment as an Oncology Dietitian through cheating and dishonestly representing her knowledge and skills, the Registrant potentially put patients and service users at risk of significant harm, in that she did not have the knowledge and skills she claimed to have. • Public confidence in the profession relies on the integrity of the recruitment process, which the...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Aiwanehi Sandra Aigbokhaevbo by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The allegation section states: and has expressed no remorse or apology. Her dishonest use of AI was compounded by her subsequent lies and by seeking to cast doubt on the professional integrity and veracity of the HCPC witnesses. Whilst she.... The order section states: comes into effect..
Source
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