Janet M O'mahony

Preliminary Matters

Application for private hearing

1. Mr Cassells submitted that the whole hearing should be in private as the case is exclusively about the Registrant’s health.

2. The Registrant submitted that the hearing should be wholly in private to ensure her privacy relating to her health matters.

3. The Panel heard and accepted the advice of the Legal Assessor, who advised that in accordance with the overarching principle of open justice the normal position is that hearings are conducted in public so that the public are aware of the functions being carried out by the Regulator. However, the hearing could be heard wholly or partly in private where to do so was necessary in the interests of justice or to protect the private life of the Registrant. The Legal Assessor referred the Panel to the following HCPTS Practice Notes:
• Health Concerns dated February 2025.
• Conducting Hearings in Private dated February 2025.

4. The Panel was satisfied that based on the nature of the information before it, it was necessary to hold the whole of the hearing in private. The Panel was satisfied that in order to protect the private life of the Registrant on matters which relate to her health the hearing should be in private. It was satisfied that such matters justified the departure from the general rule that hearings should be held in public.

ORDER: The Panel grants the application for voluntary removal and directs the Registrar to remove the name of Ms Janet M O'Mahony from the Register with immediate effect.

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History of Hearings for Janet M O'mahony