"A woman who was sexually assaulted by her physiotherapist has said he should have been stopped from practising earlier, to prevent him abusing more patients. Sarah Johnson, 42, from Meopham in Kent, who has waived her right to anonymity, is calling for immediate suspension of practitioners under investigation for alleged sexual offences. In June 2024, Purnoor Bawa, from Gravesend, was jailed for six years for touching six women inappropriately during treatment sessions between 2013 and 2019."
"The governing body, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), said it had processes in place to restrict or suspend a registrant's practice ahead of a full hearing, to help protect the public. Kent Police Before Mrs Johnson was assaulted by him, Bawa assaulted two other women at NHS clinics in Kent, both in 2013. One assault happened at Folkestone Health Centre and the other at Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital."
Sarah Johnson, 42, waived anonymity and wants immediate suspension of practitioners under investigation for alleged sexual offences. Purnoor Bawa, from Gravesend, was jailed in June 2024 for six years for touching six women inappropriately during treatment sessions between 2013 and 2019. The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) said it has processes to restrict or suspend a registrant's practice ahead of a full hearing to protect the public. Before Johnson's assaults, Bawa assaulted two other women at NHS clinics in Kent in 2013. One assault was known to the Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; the other was not. Bawa's NHS contract ended in April 2016. Months later he assaulted Johnson at his private clinic after she was referred there for a hip injury; he asked her to remove her top and massaged her breasts. Johnson says she believes she was targeted because of mental health issues including clinical depression and Tourette's.
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