Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS orders Thangapandian Subramanian struck off over patient handling
The HCPTS panel found misconduct in two patient-handling incidents and wider lack of competence. It ordered striking off on the misconduct ground, with a separate interim suspension.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 8 June 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning Thangapandian Subramanian, physiotherapist (Health and Care Professions Council PH122482).
Decision date: 8 June 2026 · Hearing started 1 June 2026 and ended 8 June 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel ordered Thangapandian Subramanian to be struck off after he admitted inappropriate patient handling, inappropriate treatment goals and record-keeping failures. It found lack of competence and separate misconduct in two handling incidents, with continuing impairment and no meaningful insight or remediation. The striking-off order was based on misconduct. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal, for a maximum of 18 months.
Charges
Allegations concerned inappropriate physiotherapy goals, unsafe assistance with standing for two patients, and inaccurate or incomplete records during employment in 2022.
Findings
The panel proved all factual particulars 1–5 by admission. It found lack of competence across those particulars and separate misconduct in the two patient-handling incidents under particulars 3 and 4. It found current impairment, no meaningful insight or remediation and a risk of repetition. It ordered striking off on the misconduct ground, explaining that competence alone would not permit striking off at this stage. It also imposed a separate interim suspension pending appeal, subject to a maximum of 18 months. The panel recognised his admissions but found them insufficient to address the concerns.
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