Health and Care Professions Council determination — review hearing
HCPTS extends Amanda Maison's suspension after theatre-conduct review
The HCPTS panel extended Amanda Maison's suspension for six months from 9 August 2026. It found continuing impairment despite some developing insight and engagement, and considered striking off disproportionate.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 23 June 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning Amanda Maison, operating department practitioner (Health and Care Professions Council ODP17729).
Decision date: 23 June 2026 · Hearing started 23 June 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel found that Amanda Maison's fitness to practise remained impaired after earlier misconduct involving leaving a theatre while a patient was sedated and her treatment of a colleague. It extended her suspension for six months from 9 August 2026. The panel acknowledged engagement and some developing insight but found insufficient evidence of remediation. It considered striking off disproportionate at this review.
Charges
The review followed proved misconduct concerning leaving an operating theatre while a patient was sedated, without telling colleagues where she was going and with controlled-drug cabinet keys, and shouting and pointing at a colleague during a drug-checking disagreement.
Findings
The panel found that fitness to practise remained impaired on personal and public grounds. It acknowledged engagement and some developing insight, but found limited reflection on the impact on patients and colleagues and insufficient supporting evidence of remediation. It extended suspension for six months from 9 August 2026. Striking off was disproportionate at this stage because of continued engagement and attempts to meet the original panel's recommendations. A future panel could consider striking off if meaningful remediation was not demonstrated; neither striking off nor voluntary removal was ordered at this review.
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