HCPC determination — substantive 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 Zoe L Heeks, chiropodist podiatrist (HCPC CH26320).
Decision date: 15 January 2026 · Hearing started 12 January 2026 and ended 15 January 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel decided that Zoe L Heeks 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: was amended to include dishonesty. That said, in the material available there was a denial of an intention to mislead. In the call on 19 January 2023 the Registrant said she did not make false representations or claim to hold a qualification that she did not have. This was, in the Panel’s view a denial of dishonesty. The Panel therefore considered that the Registrant’s dishonesty was towards the higher end of the scale. 71. The Panel then worked through the available sanctions in ascending order. Given the basis for its
Findings
The HCPTS page records a final hearing for Zoe L Heeks by the Conduct and Competence Committee. The panel directed removal from the HCPC Register. The allegation section states: was amended to include dishonesty. That said, in the material available there was a denial of an intention to mislead. In the call on 19 January 2023 the Registrant said she did not make false representations or claim.... The order section states: The Registrar is directed to strike the Registrant off the Register with immediate effect..
Source
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