Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
Practitioner receives one-year caution over convictions and delayed disclosure
Alexandra Hudson's panel found no dishonesty or current public-protection impairment. A caution was imposed to uphold professional standards and confidence.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 17 July 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning Alexandra Hudson, operating department practitioner (Health and Care Professions Council ODP39353).
Decision date: 17 July 2026 · Hearing started 13 July 2026 and ended 17 July 2026
In plain English
Operating department practitioner Alexandra Hudson received a one-year caution following motoring convictions and an 18-month delay in reporting them to the HCPC. The panel accepted that the delay was not dishonest, and found genuine insight, remorse and a low risk of repetition. It found impairment on public-interest grounds alone, with no current public-protection concerns.
Charges
Convictions on 1 April 2021 for careless driving and failing to stop after an accident, and failure to inform the HCPC of those convictions as soon as possible.
Findings
The panel proved both convictions and the delayed disclosure, finding the latter misconduct. It expressly accepted that the delay was not dishonest or intentionally concealing the convictions. It found genuine insight and remorse, a low risk of repetition and no current public-protection impairment. Impairment was found on public-interest grounds alone, requiring a one-year caution; conditions or suspension were considered inappropriate or disproportionate.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
the pleas of guilty she entered at the first available opportunity at the Magistrates Court; her immediate admissions to the allegations of fact brought by the HCPC; her apology, remorse, and genuine insight into her past behaviour; the fact that this was an isolated event; the positive testimonials she had provided; the difficult personal circumstances she faced at the time of the accident, as described earlier in this decision; the proactive steps the Registrant had taken to timeously update her employer about the convictions.
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