Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS panel strikes off Anoop Raj over registration dishonesty
The radiographer was struck off after findings of English-language competence failures, sleeping on duty and dishonesty in his HCPC application.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 15 August 2025 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Anoop Padmavathy Sundara Raj, radiographer (Health and Care Professions Council RA084939).
Decision date: 15 August 2025 · Hearing started 7 August 2025 and ended 15 August 2025
In plain English
The HCPTS panel found that radiographer Anoop Raj lacked the English proficiency needed for safe patient communication, slept on duty and dishonestly declared English as his first language to gain HCPC registration. It found very limited insight, inadequate remediation and a risk of repetition and harm. Concluding that the registration dishonesty was fundamentally incompatible with practice, it struck him off.
Charges
Mr Raj was alleged to lack the English proficiency needed to communicate safely with patients, verify identities and understand questions, and to have fallen asleep on duty. He was also alleged to have dishonestly declared English as his first language on his HCPC application to avoid proving his proficiency.
Findings
The panel found lack of competence in English-language communication, misconduct in sleeping on duty, and deliberate dishonesty in the registration application. It found very limited insight, no adequate remediation and a risk of repetition and patient harm, with impairment on personal and public grounds. It concluded the dishonesty was fundamentally incompatible with registration and struck him off.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The Registrant's admission of Particulars 1(a), 1(c), and 3; evidence that the Registrant made some attempt to strengthen his English language skills through two completed training certificates; positive character references.
Aggravating factors
Potential harm to service users; failure to fully engage with support provided by the Trust; the Registrant's very limited insight and very limited evidence of remediation; the dishonesty deceived the HCPC and enabled the Registrant to derive a personal benefit by realising his dream of working in England.
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