Adam C P Meakins

Matter 1:

Whilst registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist, you:

1.Inappropriately used social media in that you:

a.Used offensive and / or unprofessional language on / around 1 January2019 in a Facebook post;

b.Used unprofessional language on / around 9 March 2019 in a videoentitled “Does physio need a Wiki-Leaks event to progress” or words tothat effect;

c.Used unprofessional language on 29 April 2019 in one or more tweets about the HCPC;

d.Used unprofessional language on / around 29 April 2019 in a private message to another physiotherapist;

e. Used unprofessional language on / around 23 July 2019 in a tweet, in which you said, “Good health has to be earned with hard work, self control and some discipline… #LowTolerance”

f. Used unprofessional language on / around 7 August 2019 in a tweet, in which you referred to the “low standard of and high variation in physiotherapy advice and treatment”

g. Used unprofessional language on / around 4 October 2019 in a tweet which referred to the “****** beliefs and practices of some manual therapists”.

h. Posted a graphic on Twitter, in 2016, which copied published material without proper attribution and/or while presenting it as your own work;

i. In around 2015, presented a model called the “Shoulder House Symptom Modification Tests” which copied and/or was significantly derived from the work of another physiotherapist, without proper attribution and/or while presenting it as your own work;

j. In or around June 2015 and/or in 2018, used unprofessional language on Twitter in that you used the word “dinosaurs” to refer to members of the physiotherapy profession;

k. In or around 2018, suggested in a blogpost that other physiotherapists had deliberately sabotaged a tour of your postgraduate shoulder course in Australia.

2. During a weekend training course on 18 and 19 November 2017, you used unprofessional and/or offensive language, in that you:

a. Repeatedly used swear words during your presentations;

b. Described a physiotherapist colleague as “a pretentious *****” and/or a “hypocrite” or words to that effect

3. Your conduct in paragraphs 1a – k and/or 2 constitutes misconduct.

4. By reason of your misconduct set out in paragraph 1a – k and/or 2, your fitness to practise is impaired.

Matter 2:

As a registered Physiotherapist (PH64947) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct, in that:

1.On or around 25 September 2019 you displayed inappropriate behaviour that was posted on social media, in that:

a.REDACTED

b.REDACTED

c.You did not communicate professionally during a class in that you asked the volunteer whether he felt “like a virgin anymore” or words to that effect and displayed the words “Neuromodulation ***** about with the nervous system.”

2.On or around 30 December 2018 you displayed inappropriate behaviour that was posted on social media, in that:

a. REDACTED

b. You used inappropriate language during the class in that you used the words “****” and or “*******”.

3.The matters listed in particulars 1 and 2 constitute misconduct.

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

Matter 3:

As a registered Physiotherapist (PH64947) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. In that:

1.On or around 5 April 2020 you demonstrated unprofessional conduct on Social Media in that you made a post that contained incorrect information about Person A’s business in respect of them treating patients in breach of government Covid-19 guidelines.

2. Between 14 March 2020 and 22 April 2020 you used inappropriate language on social media in that you used the words and/or phrases:

a) “****”
b) “W**k”
c) “Thick as ****”
d) “********”
e) “Dumb*******”
f) “****tards”

3. The matters listed in particulars 1-2 constitute misconduct.

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