Health and Care Professions Council determination — review hearing
HCPTS strikes biomedical scientist Collins Esona off
The panel found limited insight and unresolved boundary and laboratory-practice concerns after two years of suspension.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 29 November 2022 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Collins Esona, biomedical scientist (Health and Care Professions Council BS68067).
Decision date: 29 November 2022 · Hearing started 29 November 2022
In plain English
The HCPTS panel struck biomedical scientist Collins Esona off the register after finding that he remained impaired following bullying, sexualised workplace comments and laboratory-procedure failures. Despite repeated guidance, he had not meaningfully addressed the central concerns or demonstrated sufficient insight. The panel concluded that another suspension was unlikely to achieve progress.
Charges
Mr Esona bullied or intimidated a colleague, made sexually motivated and otherwise inappropriate comments to female colleagues, and failed to follow laboratory handover and result-authorisation procedures, putting patients at risk.
Findings
The reviewing panel found continuing personal and public impairment. Mr Esona had not addressed professional-boundary concerns, showed limited insight and presented a repetition risk despite two years and detailed guidance about remediation. Finding no confidence that further suspension would produce progress, it ordered striking off.
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