Robert G Hawkins
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Allegation
As a registered Physiotherapist (PH76964) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your misconduct. In that:
1.On or around 26 October 2021:
a. when massaging the chest area of Service User A (SUA), you told SUA they have ‘a beautiful body’, or words to that effect;
b. you attempted to lower SUA’s underwear:
i. without covering SUA’s pubic region;
ii. without SUA’s consent to do so; and/or
iii. when this was not clinically necessary.
c. you did not make any or any adequate record of the assessment and/or treatment of SUA’s tensor fascia latae (TFL) muscle.
2. By your conduct at 1(b)(i) above, you failed to respect SUA’s dignity.
3. The matters at any or all of particulars 1 and/or 2 amount to misconduct.
4. By reason of your misconduct, your fitness to practise is impaired.
Finding
No information currently available
Order
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Notes
This hearing adjourned, part heard. The date for the reconvened hearing is to be confirmed.
Hearing History
History of Hearings for Robert G Hawkins
| Date | Panel | Hearing type | Outcomes / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/10/2024 | Conduct and Competence Committee | Final Hearing | Adjourned part heard |