Sudheer Pozthoal Kuttan

As a registered Occupational Therapist (OT39407) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct and/or lack of competence. In that:

1. Between 25 November 2015 and 30 January 2019 you did not gain and/or record consent from parents or carers prior to working with the children listed in Schedule A.

2. On 21 March 2017 you wrote a report in respect of Child B that was of a poor quality in that:

a) It did not include the child’s surname, date of birth, address or their language.

b) You incorrectly identified the length of time that the child has been known to the service.

c) You stated that the Child’s gross motor skills had improved when there was no evidence within the records to substantiate this.

d) There was no evidence of any baseline assessment or review of progress.

e) You state that the report is based on discussions with class staff, observations in the class room and 1:1 occupational therapy sessions when there is no evidence of any observations in the note books you used for record keeping.

f) You did not set and/or record a suitable long term goal for the child.

g) You did not set a timescale for 3 out of the 4 outcomes in respect of fine motor and gross motor outcomes.

h) The final page of the report detailing provisions and requirements appears to be from a generic template and is not specific to the child.

i) You stated that ‘therapy service will work closely with child’s parents/carers’ but there is no evidence in the Occupational Therapy records up to January 2019 of any communication with the child’s parents.

3. Between 25 November 2015 and 30 January 2019 you did not make full and accurate records in respect of your treatment sessions with the children listed in Schedule A.

4. Between 25 November 2015 and 30 January 2019 you did not demonstrate and/or evidence good clinical reasoning in respect of your treatment sessions with the children listed in Schedule B.

5. The matters described in particulars 1 to 4 constitute lack of competence and/or misconduct.

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

Schedule A
1. Child A
2. Child B
3. Child C
4. Child D
5. Child E
6. Child F
7. Child G
8. Child H
9. Child I
10. Child J
11. Child K
12. Child L
13. Child M
14. Child N
15. Child O
16. Child P
17. Child Q

Schedule B
1. Child A
2. Child D
3. Child G
4. Child H
5. Child I
6. Child J
7. Child K
8. Child L
9. Child M
10. Child O
11. Child P