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Former Harlequins physiotherapist Steph Brennan has won a court case over his dismissal by the Health Professions Council for his role in "bloodgate".

Mr Brennan's lawyers accused the HPC of unlawfully imposing a two-year ban after winger Tom Williams faked injury during the Heineken Cup in April 2009.

It was dubbed bloodgate after the player bit into a fake blood capsule

Mr Justice Ouseley, sitting at the High Court, quashed his dismissal and ordered the HPC to reconsider the case.

 

Would I be correct by saying this is the first time a sanction from the HPC has been successfully challenged in court? The doctor who actually cut the lip of the player involved was only given a warning by the GMC about her conduct. On that basis, I have to agree that whilst the action of the physio was clearly dishonest, striking them off seems out of proportion with the punishments meted out to the others involved in this sordid little episode

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11142562

 

well said if a gp gets done for drink driving he just employs adriver for 150 quid aweek we on the other hand get struck off denied the right to earn aliving its atotal joke every body makes mistakes we learn from them if you have praticed successsfully for years and give patients a great service why should they strike people off willy nilly