Health and Care Professions Council determination — other
HCPTS approves 12 months of practice conditions for Iona Lawrie
The HCPTS panel recognised insight and further training while finding that clinical competence still needed to be demonstrated. It approved supervised practice and progress reporting by consent.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 20 May 2026 · Updated 23 September 2026
Conditions on practice (practising with restrictions) — 1 year
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Conditions of practice allow the practitioner to keep working but only subject to specific restrictions — for example, supervision, limits on certain procedures, or required reporting to the regulator.
Concerning Iona Lawrie, paramedic (Health and Care Professions Council PA058304).
Decision date: 20 May 2026 · Hearing started 20 May 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel approved an agreed 12-month conditions-of-practice order for Iona Lawrie after finding lack of competence and impairment. It recognised her insight and substantial further learning, but practical remediation remained to be demonstrated. The conditions require supervision, training, competence sign-off and regular reports. A separate interim conditions order covers the appeal period and any appeal for up to 18 months.
Charges
The allegations concerned a newly qualified paramedic's knowledge and skills across nine clinical areas between August and November 2023, including assessment, treatment planning, pharmacology, ECG interpretation, communication, cannulation, records, guidelines and leading care.
Findings
At a consent-order hearing, the panel accepted the admissions and found all facts proved, lack of competence and impairment on personal and public grounds. It recognised insight, extensive relevant learning and a commitment to remediation, but had no evidence that the strengthened knowledge had yet been applied in practice. It approved 12 months of conditions requiring supervision, training, competence sign-off and progress reports. A separate interim conditions order in the same terms covers the appeal period and any appeal for up to 18 months.
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