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2 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Ipswich Hospital dietitian who put frail patients at risk banned
A dietitian who exposed vulnerable and frail patients to "risk of harm" and lied about visiting a patient who had died nearly a month before has been struck Brown failed to maintain accurate records while working at Ipswich Hospital between May 2019 and April 2020, the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPT) had sole responsibility for carrying out home visits for cancer patients, working with those having radiotherapy, and people with motor neurone has now been banned from working as a healthcare professional after a panel ruled his actions amounted to misconduct and he presented an "unacceptable risk to future service users". "Practitioners and the public would be aghast were there to be no restriction imposed on a practitioner against whom such findings had been made," the HCPT said. Brown was working with the East Suffolk and North East Essex Foundation Trust's Oncology Dietetic Team, covering a period of failed to record full clinical information from his appointments with 18 service users and provide full clinical documentation about interventions with 14 HCTP report said he also did not review patients or complete their notes within a "timely manner", on one occasion taking five months before recording a home 21 February 2020, Brown recorded that he had seen a patient in December 2019, even though he couldn't have, as they had died the month before. 'Neglectful' Brown accepted his practice "had been below that required" and considered that he "should have made his recording keeping a higher priority".He said personal circumstances had "put him under pressure" and the impact of his work and his personal life had "adversely affected his wellbeing".But the panel decided his fitness to practise had been impaired and imposed a permanent ban, which comes into force from 5 September."His lack of application to his role would be considered by fellow practitioners to have seriously undermined the collective responsibility of upholding and maintaining the standards of their profession," the HCTP said."Similarly, it was decided the public would be concerned if a practitioner who had ignored the wellbeing of those under his care, and had been so neglectful of his responsibilities over such a long period of time, were to be allowed to continue in practice without some form of restriction on his practice." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Daily Record
01-06-2025
- Daily Record
Pervert paramedic who exposed himself and sent porn to colleagues dodges prison
Gavin Boa bombarded two junior female colleagues with porn and explicit messages over a seven-month period and exposed himself while on shift. A pervert paramedic who exposed himself to a colleague at an ambulance depot has avoided prison. Gavin Boa bombarded two junior female colleagues with porn and explicit messages over seven months while working in Paisley and asked one woman to have sex with him. The 32-year-old pressured one woman into showing him her breasts after being called out to see a sick patient and sent her images of his genitals. In May, Boa was found guilty of five sex offences after a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court. Last week he was ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work, banned from contacting his two victims for a period of 12 months and also added to the sex offenders register for two years. His professional paramedic registration has been suspended and he now faces a hearing of the Health and Care Professions Tribunal (HCPT) to decide whether to remove it. A HCPT spokesman said: 'It is standard practice for a regulator to wait until the end of criminal proceedings before finalising its investigations.' The trial heard from one of Boa's victims who said she 'froze' when the paramedic exposed himself to her while they were on a break from jobs at the Paisley ambulance base. The woman described how she had been on shift with him on December 3, 2023, and his behaviour was 'out of control' from the start. She said he had asked her for s ex twice during their 12-hour shift and demanded she show him her breasts before he would move the ambulance on from being called out to a sick patient. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. The woman said: 'He wouldn't move the ambulance until I did. I felt completely ashamed.' When they returned to the depot on Craw Road, he exposed himself and performed a sex act. said sexualised behaviour was part of the 'culture' at the ambulance service. Following his conviction Scottish Ambulance Service chiefs put up posters in bases across the country warning staff against sexual harassment. The move was blasted by politicians who said more had to be done to protect workers, particularly women, who were being subjected to harassment. A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'Any form of sexual misconduct is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated in the Scottish Ambulance Service.
