Miss Helen M Orme

As a registered Occupational Therapist (OT58537) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your caution and/or misconduct. In that:

1. On 15 January 2017, you received a conditional caution for Criminal Damage, namely:

a) On or about 30 August 2016 at Lytham St Annes in the county of Lancashire without lawful excuse, damaged an Audi A5 to the value of £2762, intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged; contrary to sections 1 (1) and 4 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971. 

2. You did not inform the HCPC within a timely manner that you had received a criminal caution.

3. You did not inform your employers, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, within a timely manner that you had received a criminal caution.

4. You did not declare in your HCPC registration renewal on or around 5 October 2017, that there had been a change to your good character as you had received a police caution.

5. On 4 June 2019, you informed the HCPC that you had received a fine for £10 in respect of your conditional caution, which was incorrect.

6. Your conduct at paragraphs 2 and/or 3 and/or 4 and/or 5 was dishonest.

7. Your conduct at Paragraphs 2 - 6 amount to misconduct.

8. By reason of your caution and/or misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired.