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A chiropodist removed part of prisonertouching their toes without their consent has been eliminated.
Ms Deborah Knight Griffiths has been a qualified chiropodist since 2008. Execute program On the feet of prisoners at HMP Forest Bank, Salford, greater manchesterNovember 13, 2020.
one Disciplinary hearing She was found to have “underwent invasive surgery outside her body” her scope of practice “She did not maintain or develop the skills to do so.”
She is employed by First Steps Podiatry Ltd and is employed to provide foot care to: Sodexoa private operator of prisons. The prisoner she treated was “in poor health, diabetic” and had previously had his toes amputated.
Knight Griffiths suspended in 2021 court It was found that her ability to practice was impaired. A Health and Care Professionals Tribunal Service (HCPTS) hearing last week confirmed that she will be struck off from February 14.
The hearing found she omitted 11 pre-operative tests before performing the procedure, including not measuring her blood pressure, not taking X-rays and not obtaining written or informed consent.
She was also found to have failed to keep written records of the treatment of diabetic prisoners, nor to have any reference to the dosage of local anesthetic used.
The hearing revealed that Knight Griffiths also failed to keep “accurate and complete records” of patients, improperly closed patients’ wounds with sutures and “failed to obtain tissue samples or wound swabs prior to surgery”.
A month later, Sodexo reported the incident to the Healthcare Professionals Council.
The hearing found that not only was the surgery carried out without consent, but it should have been carried out at the hospital “or as part of the hospital’s multidisciplinary diabetes team”.
“As to the details, your work was outside your scope of practice,” the panel told Knight Griffiths.
The tribunal made its decision on Friday, rejecting her attempt to voluntarily be struck off the register of practitioners because she did not accept the allegations against her.
The panel considered that concerns about the registrant’s fitness to practice were “too serious to warrant further action”.
Knight Griffiths claimed on Linkedin that she qualified in 2008 and started working at Forest Bank in 2016.