Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS panel strikes off Steven P Lowe over racially motivated conduct
An HCPTS panel ordered radiographer Steven P Lowe struck from the register after finding racially motivated and otherwise unprofessional conduct towards colleagues.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 14 May 2024 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Steven P Lowe, radiographer (Health and Care Professions Council RA30940).
Decision date: 14 May 2024 · Hearing started 13 May 2024 and ended 14 May 2024
In plain English
The HCPTS panel found that radiographer Steven P Lowe made racially motivated and otherwise unprofessional comments to colleagues and communicated in an intimidating manner. It found misconduct, current impairment, incomplete insight and a significant risk of repetition. The panel ordered him struck from the register and imposed an interim suspension for the appeal period.
Charges
The allegations concerned racially motivated and otherwise unprofessional communications to colleagues, including comments made in person and on WhatsApp, and intimidating communication when addressing colleagues' mistakes.
Findings
The panel found the particulars proved, with three incidents racially motivated, and found misconduct and current impairment on the personal and public components. It found a significant risk of repetition, incomplete insight and no sustained remediation, and ordered Steven P Lowe struck from the register with an interim suspension for the appeal period.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The Registrant did not have any previous regulatory findings made against him; The behaviour established against him occurred in a department in which there was an unsatisfactory culture – a culture that did not result from the Registrant’s actions and attitudes alone.
Aggravating factors
Matters of a similar nature were repeated over a period of time. Not only were they repeated, but there was repetition after the Registrant was being investigated by the Trust; Such expressions of apology and remorse from the Registrant were far from full. They tended to be of the ‘If I caused offence, then …’ type; The insight expressed by the Registrant was far from complete. Even after two investigations, there was no indication that the Registrant had a clear understanding of the impact of his behaviour on others.
Source
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