Adam C P Meakins
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Allegation
FTP68386
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 January
2019 in a Facebook post;
b. Used unprofessional language on / around 9 March 2019 in a video
entitled “Does physio need a Wiki-Leaks event to progress” or words to
that 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 “shitty 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 or 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 pxxx” 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.
FTP78366
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. You grabbed a volunteer’s nipple during a class.
b. You touched a volunteer’s genitals during the class.
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 Fxxx 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. You grabbed a volunteer’s nipples during a class.
b. You used inappropriate language during the class in that you used the
words “fxxx” and or “fxxx”.
3. The matters listed in particulars 1 and 2 constitute misconduct.
4. By reason of your misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired.
FTP78859
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) “Fxxx”
b) “Wxxx”
c) “Thick as sxxx”
d) “Bxxx”
e) “Dxxx”
f) “Fxxx”
3. The matters listed in particulars 1-2 constitute misconduct.
4. By reason of your misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired.
FTP90963
As a registered Physiotherapist (PH64947):
1. Between 1 May 2019 and 31 July 2023, you posted one or more
derogatory and/or negative comments about Complainant 1 and/or
Organisation C of which Complainant 1 was the CEO and founder, as set
out in Schedule A.
2. Your conduct at Particular 1 amounted to harassment of Complainant 1.
3. The matters set out in particulars 1 and/or 2 above constitute misconduct.
4. By reason of the matters set out above, your fitness to practise is impaired
by reason of misconduct.
FTP 90963- Schedule A
a.
You referred to Complainant 1 on more than one Instagram
Story and/or post as, “Bent BogBrush”, or words to that
effect;
b.
You referred to Complainant 1 on more than one Instagram
Story and/or post as, “Dr Bonk BrookBook”;
c.
You referred to Complainant 1 on more than Instagram Story
and/or post as, “Dr Brunt BookBrush” or words to that effect;
d.
You referred to Complainant 1 on one or more Instagram
stories and/or post as, “a Clown”
e. You referred to Complainant 1 on an Instagram Story as, “a
cancer on our profession”;
f. You referred to Complainant 1 on an Instagram Story as a,
“bellend”;
g. On an occasion between November 2018 and February
2019, you posted on Instagram a mock news article in
relation to Complainant 1’s practise;
h. You referred to Complainant 1’s actions and/or opinions on
one or more occasions as “bxxx” and/or “BS”;
i. You referred to Organisation C on more than one occasion
as;
i. the “Bxxx Institute”
ii. the “Bogbrush Institute” and/or
iii. the “Crapper Institution”
or words to that effect.
j. You referred to Complainant 1’s social media post as “utterly
idiotic and spectacularly stupid”, or words to that effect.
Finding
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Order
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Hearing History
History of Hearings for Adam C P Meakins
| Date | Panel | Hearing type | Outcomes / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30/11/2026 | Conduct and Competence Committee | Final Hearing | Hearing has not yet been held |
| 18/11/2024 | Conduct and Competence Committee | Final Hearing | Adjourned |
| 10/07/2023 | Conduct and Competence Committee | Final Hearing | Adjourned |