Dr Peter Pratt
Introduction
Dr Peter Pratt is a practitioner psychologist whose name stood on the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) register under number PYL25403. On 3 September 2026, at the end of a substantive hearing that began on 28 August 2026 and ended on 3 September 2026, a Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) panel found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct and directed that he be struck off the register. The case concerned legal-strategy advice given outside the scope of a practitioner psychologist, inadequate psychological risk formulation and conclusions in a report prepared for parole proceedings, and an allegation of billing for work not undertaken. The panel proved the particulars, but it found that the billing matter did not independently amount to serious professional misconduct, and dishonesty was not alleged.
Background Information
The published record identifies Pratt only as a practitioner psychologist holding HCPC registration PYL25403. It does not name an employer, a specialty or a place of practice, and it does not describe his registration history; this page does not guess at any of them. The substantive hearing sat from 28 August 2026 and closed on 3 September 2026 with the erasure decision. His MedicWatch profile records the most recent outcome as erasure — struck off the register — decided on 3 September 2026 by the Health and Care Professions Council, while noting his registration status as not yet verified and directing readers to the official HCPC register for current details. MedicWatch aggregates regulator outcomes and states it does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Adjudicated by regulator, not a criminal case. The findings below come from an HCPTS panel determination, which decides allegations on the balance of probabilities. They are regulatory findings, not criminal convictions. The panel expressly found that the billing particular did not independently amount to serious professional misconduct, and dishonesty was not alleged.
The case concerned three strands. The first was legal-strategy advice given outside the scope of a practitioner psychologist. The second was inadequate psychological risk formulation and conclusions in a report prepared for parole proceedings. The third was billing for work not undertaken. The panel proved the particulars, but it drew a distinction between them: the advice and risk-assessment failings amounted to misconduct, with impairment found on both personal and public grounds, while the billing particular, though proved, did not independently amount to serious professional misconduct.
The sanction followed the panel’s assessment of Pratt’s engagement rather than the gravity of any single act. The panel considered the deficiencies remediable — that is, capable of being addressed through insight, retraining or supervision. But it found no evidence of insight or remediation, and it recorded an “unequivocal unwillingness to engage with the hearing”. On that basis it ordered striking off, with an interim suspension of up to 18 months covering the appeal period or any appeal brought before the substantive order takes effect.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The published record contains no press coverage of the hearing and no public statements — none from Pratt, and none from the subjects of the report, colleagues or campaign groups. The concrete consequences are the striking-off direction itself and the interim suspension of up to 18 months that applies while the appeal period runs or any appeal is decided. MedicWatch, which maintains the practitioner-facing record of the decision, aggregates regulator outcomes and states it does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.
Current Status
Pratt is erased from the HCPC register, the decision having been taken on 3 September 2026 at the close of the hearing. The striking-off direction takes effect after the appeal period or the disposal of any appeal; until then, an interim suspension of up to 18 months covers the gap. His MedicWatch profile records his registration status as not yet verified and directs readers to the official HCPC register for his current position. The published record shows no appeal and no application for restoration, and it does not state his circumstances after the decision.
Impact on Their Career/Life
Erasure ends Pratt’s UK registration as a practitioner psychologist unless a future restoration application succeeds. The panel’s reasoning records why no lesser sanction was imposed: it regarded the deficiencies in the advice and the parole-report risk formulation as remediable, but found no evidence of insight or remediation and an unequivocal unwillingness to engage with the hearing, alongside impairment on both personal and public grounds. The determination also makes the boundary of the findings explicit — the billing particular did not independently amount to serious professional misconduct, and dishonesty was not alleged — so the erasure rested on the professional-scope and risk-assessment findings together with the refusal to engage, not on any finding of dishonesty. Beyond the determination, the published record contains no information about his circumstances, and nothing on this page should be read as going beyond it.