Health and Care Professions Council determination — restoration hearing
HCPTS refuses Sethuraman Pala Srinivasan restoration
The former physiotherapist had not completed required updating or demonstrated insight and remediation after serious misconduct.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 5 December 2023 · Updated 23 September 2026
Restoration refused (restoration to the register refused)
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What does “restoration to the register refused” mean?
A practitioner who had been struck off applied for restoration to the register and the application was refused. The original strike-off remains in effect.
Concerning Sethuraman Pala Srinivasan, physiotherapist (Health and Care Professions Council PH72375).
Decision date: 5 December 2023 · Hearing started 4 December 2023 and ended 5 December 2023
In plain English
The HCPTS panel refused physiotherapist Sethuraman Pala Srinivasan's application for restoration to the register. He had not completed the required professional updating and remained far from remediating the sexualised and other misconduct that led to striking off. The panel found inadequate acceptance and insight, a high risk of repetition and continuing impairment.
Charges
Mr Srinivasan had been struck off for a pattern of sexually motivated conduct toward junior female colleagues, including unwanted touching and kissing, alongside inappropriate conduct toward a patient and the patient's wife.
Findings
The panel refused restoration because Mr Srinivasan had not completed the required 60 days of professional updating and had not proved he was fit and proper to practise. It found continuing denial, inadequate insight and remediation, a high risk of repetition, and impairment on personal and public-interest grounds.
Source
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