Mr Deep M Patel

As a registered Hearing Aid Dispenser (HAD02544) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct, In that:

1. On 17 August 2018, you:

a. submitted a duplicate expenses claim to Specsavers Stratford for your subscription renewal to British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists;

b. In doing so, you obtained monies to the value of £220 to which you were not entitled.

2. On 13 November 2018, you;

a. submitted a duplicate expenses claim to Specsavers Wood Green for Amazon vouchers;

b. In doing so, you obtained monies to the value of £200 to which you were not entitled.

3. On the dates set out in Schedule A, you obtained monies to which you were not entitled, by processing refunds to your personal bank accounts from Specsavers Stratford and/or Specsavers Wood Green, to the value of £16,465.

4. On or around 8 March 2019 and/or 3 June 2019, you falsified patient records by recording refunds issued to your personal bank accounts as patient refunds

5. Your actions at paragraphs 1 – 4 were dishonest.

6. Your actions at paragraphs 1 – 5 constitute misconduct.

7. By reason of your misconduct, your fitness to practise is impaired.

Schedule A:

• 8 March 2019
• 24 April 2019
• 21 May 2019
• 28 May 2019
• 29 May 2019
• 3 June 2019