Mrs Doris Anne Jones

As a registered physiotherapist (PH24465) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct and/or lack of competence. In that:

1. Between February 2018 and February 2020, you did not send discharge summaries to referrers in accordance with local agreed policies.
2. Between February 2018 and February 2020, you did not complete MSK health questionnaires for patients being discharged from your services.
3. On 4 March 2020, when speaking with a patient's family member, and within hearing distance of other patients, you said words to the effect of:
a. "Stafford hospital is 15 years behind what it was since the takeover with Stoke"; and/or
b. "Cannock hospital is 10 years behind what it was since the takeover with Stoke"; and/or
c. "Staff are treated terribly by the Trust's senior management".
4. When treating Patient A:
a. You completed tests for tennis elbow when this was not required;
b. You proposed that they start the Derby rehabilitation programme when this was not appropriate;
c. You did not record a summary of the exercises provided.
5. When treating Patient B:
a. You did not undertake detailed questioning of the patient;
b. You did not ask the patient about changes in sexual function;
c. You did not complete a full neurological assessment of the patient;
d. You did not complete an assessment of the patient's back.
6. When treating Patient C:
a. You tested myotomes and dermatomes when this was not necessary;
b. You did not ask the patient special questions regarding their knee, including if it gives way, or if there was any swelling.
7. When treating Patient D:
a. You did not ask all the obstetric and/or cauda equina questions required to fully assess the patient;
b. You did not do a full pelvic girdle pain assessment.
8. When treating Patient E, you did not complete the objective assessment
forms.
9. When treating Patient F:
a. You did not complete a full obstetric assessment of the patient;
b. You did not complete a neurological examination of the patient;
c. You recommended an exercise that was inappropriate for the patient.
10. When treating Patient G:
a. You did not complete a women's health assessment for the patient;
b. You did not ask cauda equina questions required to fully assess the patient;
c. You did not complete a back assessment for the patient;
d. You did not complete a neurological assessment for the patient;
e. Your records did not clearly record the exercises recommended to the patient.
11.When treating Patient H:
a. You did not complete a hydrotherapy screening form;
b. You did not complete an objective assessment and/or an adapted functional assessment.
12.When treating Patient I:
a. You did not record which myotomes and dermatomes wereassessed;
b. You did not complete all shoulder tests, including impingement tests
13.When treating Patient J:
a. You did not complete an objective assessment;
b. You did not complete a full back assessment;
c. You did not complete a neurological assessment;
d. You did not complete an obstetric assessment;
e. You recommended an exercise, which may have been inappropriate
for the patient because a risk assessment was not completed.
14.You did not carry out required vaginal examinations on Patient K, Patient L,
Patient M, Patient N, Patient O, Patient P, Patient Q, Patient R, and/or
Patient S.
15.By reason of your misconduct and/or lack of competence, your fitness to practise is impaired.