Thomas Ashworth

As a registered physiotherapist (PH98244) you:

1.    Between    18    January    2021    and    1    February 2021, you did not communicate professionally towards service users. In that:

a)    On 26 January 2021 you encouraged a service user to make inappropriate comments which were sexual in nature, in contravention to their treatment plan;

b)    On or around 26 January 2021 you said that service users are “not normal” and described one particular service user as “like a puppy with a treat” or words to that effect.

2.    Between 18    January    2021    and    1 February 2021, you did not communicate professionally towards colleagues. In that:

a)    On or around 18 January 2021 you made a comment that was racist in nature, in that you described Indian physiotherapists as lazy and said that “they don’t do anything” or words to that effect;

b)    You sent inappropriate WhatsApp messages to Colleague A which were flirtatious and/or sexual in nature.

3.    Your conduct at Particular 2b was sexually motivated.

4.    The matters set out in particulars 1, 2 and 3 above constitute misconduct.

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