HCPC determination — review 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 Sandra Marshall, speech and language therapist (HCPC SL33414).
Decision date: 8 December 2025 · Hearing started 8 December 2025
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Sandra Marshall 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 Speech and Language Therapist (SL33414) your fitness to practice is impaired by reason of lack of competence. In that: 1. Between 1 March 2019 and 31 March 2021 you did not maintain and develop your own knowledge and skills. In that: 2. You were unable to manage your caseload and/or take clinical decisions independently. 3. You made errors when asked questions by service users and their parents. 4. You were unable to make referrals appropriately. 5. You were unable to make appropriate decisions regarding ongoing care for service users. 6. Between 1 March 2019 and 31 March 2021 you did not keep accurate and complete records, in that you produced inadequate SOAP notes, and/or care plans and/or discharge summaries. 7. Between 1 March 2019 and 31 March 2021 you did not communicate professionally with service users and their parents. In that: 8. You did not adapt your communication style for service users and/or their parents. 9. You did not clearly explain appointment details in terms service users and/or their parents would understand. 10. The matters set out in particulars 1, 2 & 3 above constitute lack of competence. 11. By reason of your lack of competence your fitness to practise is impaired. Finding Preliminary Matters Service and Proceeding in Absence 1. Notice of this review hearing was sent to the Registrant on 10 November 2025, by email. The Registrant was informed of the date time and format of the hearing as well as its purpose. This was followed by email exchanges in which the Registrant confirmed that she will not be attending the hearing because she is away celebrating her 60th birthday. She provided some information on her work over the last 18 months, and asked about being removed from the register, whilst at the same time stating that she...
Findings
The HCPTS page records a review hearing for Sandra Marshall by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The allegation section states: As a registered Speech and Language Therapist (SL33414) your fitness to practice is impaired by reason of lack of competence. In that: 1. Between 1 March 2019 and 31 March 2021 you did not maintain and develop your own.... The order section states: : The Registrar is directed to strike the Registrant’s name off the Register.
Source
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