Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS panel cautions Saber Bashir over delayed disclosure
The biomedical scientist received a one-year caution after failing for more than eight years to disclose a police caution to the HCPC.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 22 May 2025 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Saber Bashir, biomedical scientist (Health and Care Professions Council BS34615).
Decision date: 22 May 2025 · Hearing started 22 May 2025
In plain English
The HCPTS panel found that biomedical scientist Saber Bashir failed for more than eight years to disclose a police caution to the HCPC. It found no dishonesty and no current impairment arising from the old caution itself, but found misconduct and impairment because he had not kept himself informed of his professional obligations. It imposed a one-year caution order.
Charges
Mr Bashir accepted a police caution for common assault in 2014 and did not tell the HCPC until July 2022. He was alleged to have made false good-character declarations and acted dishonestly by failing to disclose the caution, with impairment alleged by reason of the caution and misconduct.
Findings
The panel found no dishonesty or false declaration and held that the old, isolated caution did not currently impair Mr Bashir's fitness to practise. It found misconduct and current impairment arising from his prolonged failure to disclose the caution and lack of proactive knowledge of his professional obligations. It assessed the risk of repetition as low and imposed a one-year caution.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The long period of delay came to an end because the Registrant himself belatedly disclosed the caution when expressly made aware of the requirement to do so.
Aggravating factors
The HCPC was left in ignorance of the caution for a period of over eight years.
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