I was a witness in a misconduct investigation within the NHS (England), and knowingly lied. I am going to come clean.

is there a liability here for me? What can I do to prepare for the report?

For context, I was 18 at the time (23 now) and a witness in a misconduct investigation for a former therapist of mine.

The allegation was that this therapist had an inappropriate relationship with me, and was raised by another therapist. I wasn't a client at the time but the therapist being accused was my recently former therapist.

The therapist under investigation was told not to contact me again, but we stayed in contact for about a year after, and she asked me multiple times to delete texts between us, and not to tell the investigators that we drank alcohol together, that we were still in contact, and that we slept in the same bed during sleepovers.

I agreed and did all of this except for deleting the texts. I think my parents also did the same as they knew I was still in close contact with the therapist and didn't tell the investigators (they gave statements too), but I don't believe they outright lied like I did.

I have been feeling extremely guilty for the past few years for what I did and I regret it. But I dont know if coming forward now will have implications for me, and want to be prepared if I take it all to the board.

Any advice is really appreciated. Thank you.

I have told my parents today (it's my 23rd birthday), and they will support me in whatever I do. They said they knew it wasn't right, but they said it was the lesser evil to the harm from anorexia. And they didn't know we slept in bed together or were cuddly etc.

Has anyone reported someone before? she is a Dr of clinical psychology, and a member of the HCPC.

I have crossposted to UK legaladvice