Mohammed F Siddiqui

Matter 1

1. On dates between 1 June 2006 and 30 June 2006 you contacted a client Patient A whom you had scanned at the request of a GP and

2. In an email dated 8 June 2006 you persuaded Patient A

a. that an intimate internal scan was clinically indicated which was incorrect and/or
b. advised her how to encourage her own GP to request an appointment with you for an intimate internal scan and/or

3. No evidence offered.

4. In an email dated 21 June 2006 you offered Patient A a choice of appointment dates which you had selected so Patient A had to be scanned by you and

5. On 27 June 2006 you performed an intimate procedure on Patient A

a. on your own authorisation
b. without clinical justification
c. without chaperone or other safeguard to Patient A’s privacy and dignity

6. In emails you sent to Patient A between 8 June 2006 and 27 June 2006 you used inappropriate language

7. The matters set out in 1, and 2 a, 2 b, 4, 5 a, 5 b, 5 c and 6, were sexually motivated and thereby constitute misconduct

8. By reason of that misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired

Matter 2

1. On 13 November 2008 you examined a number of patients without being accompanied by a supervisor, as you had been required to do
following a previous incident, thus failing to cooperate with an investigation into your conduct by your employer

2. On 13 November 2008 you used foul language and made derogatory comments about a colleague, resulting in a complaint being made to
your supervisors by a patient

3. The matters set out in 1 and 2 constitute misconduct

4. By reason of that misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired

Matter 3

1. [Not proved]

2. On dates between 7 August 2007 and 17 December 2007 you undertook 68 Ultrasound examinations which you should have reported on the same day or within 24 hours and the average delay in your reporting was between 20 and 21 days

3. On 12 February 2008 you performed an abdominal ultrasound scan on Patient B and you told the patient to await your referral for a ‘camera test’. This advice was:

a. not within your scope of practise and
b. caused distress and alarm to the patient

5. On 4 January 2008 you undertook a Carotid Artery Doppler scan on Patient D and your reported results could not be independently verified by Carotid Artery Duplex Assessment on 28 February 2008

6. On 3 December 2007 you performed an abdominal scan on Patient E who had been referred to you for a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) scan and you recorded on 11 December 2007 that the scan had been redone but Patient E had to be recalled and rescanned on 19 February 2008

7. On 25 October 2007 you undertook a Carotid Artery Doppler scan on Patient F and your reported results could not be independently verified by Carotid Artery Duplex Assessment on 6 March 2008

8. On 24 September 2007 you undertook a Carotid Artery Doppler scan on Patient G and your reported results could not be independently verified by Carotid Artery Duplex Assessment on 19 October 2007

9. On 11 September 2007 you undertook a Carotid Artery Doppler scan on Patient G and you did not type your report until 25 October 2009 and your reported results could not be independently verified by Carotid Artery Duplex Assessment on 14 January 2008

10. On 29 October 2007 Patient H reported to the Salford Royal NHS Trust that you had performed Transabdominal Ultrasound Examination of her on 17 August 2007 and

a. you had told the patient that her two options were to ‘accept her menorrhagia or have a hysterectomy’ and
b. you told the patient that she could not have laser treatment as she had ‘too many fibroids’ and
c. the advice described in 10 a and 10 b was

i. outside your scope of practise and
ii.caused alarm and distress to the patient

11. On 7 June 2007 you undertook a Carotid Artery Doppler scan on Patient I and your reported results could not be independently verified by Carotid Artery Duplex Assessment on 5 March 2008

12. On 31 May 2007 you undertook a Carotid Artery Doppler scan on Patient J and your reported results could not be verified by a Carotid Artery Duplex Assessment on 22 August 2007

13. On 29 June 2005 you undertook a Transabdominal Ultrasound Pelvic scan on Patient K and

a. you told the patient that she might need surgery on an poorly healed Caesarian section scar
b. you recorded a clinical opinion that a gynaecological referral to a particular clinic would be advisable and
c. the advice and action described in 13 a and 13 b

i. caused alarm and distress to the patient and
ii.was outside your scope of practise

14. [Not proved]

15. On 8 October 2003 you performed a pelvic ultrasound scan on Patient M and you discussed your opinion in respect of the scan results with her and that discussion of your medical opinion with the patient was

a. outside your scope of practise and

b. caused alarm and distress to the patient

16. The matters set out in numbers 1 and/or 2, 3 a, 3 b, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10a, 10b, 10c (i), 10c (ii), 11, 12, 13a, 13b, 13c (i), 13c (ii), 15 a and/or 15 b constitute misconduct and/or lack of competence

17. By reason of that misconduct and/or lack of competence your fitness to practise is impaired.