Warren Brown

As a registered Physiotherapist (PH63222) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. In that:

1. Between 20 May 2020 and 05 October 2020, you breached furlough rules, in that you continued to access and action emails though your Nuffield Health email account whilst on furlough.

2. Between 23 July 2020 and 05 October 2020, you breached the Nuffield Health Data Protection Policy in that;
a. On 27 August 2020, you sent an email to Service User 1 who was not referred through Nuffield Health, regarding an ergonomic assessment;
b. You misused customer data for your own personal gain by;
i. Contacting Nuffield Health customers to offer Injection Therapy privately,
ii. Sending booking confirmation emails to Nuffield Health customers,
iii. Providing Injection Therapy privately to Nuffield Health customers.

3. Between 23 July 2020 and 05 October 2020, you misled Service Users, in that;
a. You misrepresented that treatment was being conducted by Nuffield Health,
b. You misrepresented that treatment was being conducted under the governance of Nuffield Health.

4. Between 23 July 2020 and 08 October 2020, you continued to carry out activities relating to the Nuffield health Injection Therapy service in spite of the service being suspended on 01 March 2020.

5. On 03 August 2020, you created a private prescription for Service User 4 which did not meet the legal standard requirements, in that it was not written on prescription paper or created on medical prescription software.

6. On 21 October 2020 during an investigatory meeting, you made the following statements which were untrue;
i. ‘I haven’t completed ergonomic assessments for Nuffield for many years’, or words to that effect,
ii. ‘I have not performed ergonomic assessments for anyone’, or words to that effect.

7. On 21 October 2020 during an investigatory meeting, you falsely denied knowing Service User 4.

8. You did not inform the HCPC that you had been suspended by Nuffield Health on 08 October 2020.

9. Your conduct in relation to particulars 3, 6, 7 and/or 8 above were dishonest.

10. The matters set out in particulars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 above constitute misconduct.

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