HCPC determination — review hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
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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 Emma-Jo Montgomery, chiropodist podiatrist (HCPC CH34590).
Decision date: 19 December 2025 · Hearing started 19 December 2025
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Emma-Jo Montgomery should be subject to the published outcome from a review 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: As a registered Chiropodist/podiatrist CH34590: 1. Between July 2021 and April 2022, you failed to have in place the required professional indemnity insurance, whilst practising. 2. In or around May 2022, you led your employer to believe that you had professional indemnity insurance, when this was not the case. 3. Between around May to July 2022, you did not provide your employer with confirmation that you held professional indemnity insurance for the period of employment with them. 4. Your conduct at particulars 2 and/or 3 was dishonest in that you knew you sought to hide the fact that you did not have professional indemnity insurance. 5. The matters set out at particulars 1, 2, 3 and 4 above constitute misconduct. 6. By reason of the above matters, your fitness to practise is impaired. Finding Preliminary Matters Application for part of the hearing to be heard in private. 1. Mr Corrie made an application for part of the hearing to be heard in private when matters related to the Registrant’s health. 2. Having heard and accepted the advice of the Legal Assessor, the Panel decided that it was appropriate to hold those parts of the hearing in private which related to the health of the Registrant in order to protect the private life of the Registrant in accordance with the provisions of Rule 10(1)a of the Rules. Background 3. The Registrant is a registered Podiatrist with registration number CH34590. 4. Under Part 11A of the Health Professions Order 2001, and the Health Care and Associated Professions (Indemnity Arrangements) Order 2014, Schedule 1, Part 1, a Registrant who is practising must have Professional Indemnity Insurance (“PII”) in force. 5. It was alleged that the Registrant did not have an indemnity arrangement in place while working at Foot Medic from July...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a review hearing for Emma-Jo Montgomery by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The allegation section states: As a registered Chiropodist/podiatrist CH34590: 1. Between July 2021 and April 2022, you failed to have in place the required professional indemnity insurance, whilst practising. 2. In or around May 2022, you led your.... The order section states: : The Registrar is directed to strike the name of Emma-Jo Montgomery from the Register..
Source
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