Mr Christopher Michael Cazey
Please note that the decision can take up to 5 working days to be uploaded onto the HCPTS website. Please contact one of our Hearings Team Managers via tsteam@hcpts-uk.org or +44 (0)808 164 3084 if you require any further information.
Allegation
1. You suffer from adverse health as set out in Schedule A.
2. By reason of your health, your fitness to practice is impaired.
Finding
Preliminary Matters
Service
1. The Panel found that there had been good service of the proceedings, by notice dated 15 February 2022, under rule 3 of the Health Professions Council (Health Committee) (Procedure) Rules 2003. He was served with a further notice of hearing dated 9 March 2022 and this stated that a voluntary removal hearing would take place today. The Registrant has not attended the hearing today and has confirmed that he is happy to waive the notice period and that he does not wish to attend the hearing today.
Proceeding in the absence of the Registrant.
2. The Panel next considered whether to proceed with the hearing in the absence of the Registrant. The Panel received and accepted the advice of the Legal Assessor to consider the guidance in the HCPTS Practice Note entitled Proceeding in the Absence of the Registrant and the guidance in: R v Jones [2002] UKHL 5, R v Hayward [2001] EWCA Crim 168, GMC v Adeogba and GMC v Visvardis [2016] EWCA Civ 162. In particular the Panel must exercise utmost care and caution and consider all the circumstances of the case, when considering a decision to proceed in a Registrant’s absence, balancing fairness to the Registrant with fairness to the HCPC, and the interests of the public.
3. The Panel is satisfied that it is appropriate to proceed to hear the application in the absence of the Registrant because he is aware of the hearing and has waived his right to attend.
4. The application before the Panel today arises from the Registrant’s request to be removed from the HCPC Register. The Registrant has signed a Voluntary Removal Agreement (VRA) dated 14 March 2022.
5. An adjournment would simply prolong a stressful process for the Registrant for no useful purpose. It is in the public interest and in the Registrant’s interest for the hearing to proceed in his absence today under rule 11 of the Procedure Rules.
6. The Panel concluded from his emails dated 3 and 10 March 2022, that the Registrant is aware of the hearing today and has waived his right to attend. It is in the public interest and in the Registrant’s interest for the hearing to proceed in his absence today.
Application to hold the Hearing in Private
7. This case directly relates to the Registrant’s health. The HCPC submits that this matter should proceed in private.
8. As set out in the HCPTS Practice Note Conducting Hearings in Private, the general rule is that hearings are to be in public. In certain circumstances, it will be in the interests of justice for a hearing to take place wholly, or partly, in private.
9. The Panel has decided that the entirety of this hearing should be in private, under Rule 10 of the Procedure Rules, to protect the private life and the confidentiality of health matters relating to the Registrant.
Order
ORDER: The Registrar is directed to remove the name of Mr Christopher Michael Cazey from the Register with immediate effect.
Notes
No notes available
Hearing History
History of Hearings for Mr Christopher Michael Cazey
Date | Panel | Hearing type | Outcomes / Status |
---|---|---|---|
14/03/2022 | Conduct and Competence Committee | Review Hearing | Voluntary Removal agreed |
14/09/2020 | Health Committee | Final Hearing | Conditions of Practice |