Charles K Jimingo

Introduction

Charles K Jimingo is an occupational therapist whose suspension from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) register was extended for a further six months in July 2026 after a review panel concluded his original order should continue. The underlying findings, made at a substantive hearing that concluded on 31 October 2024, were of professional-boundary violations toward two colleagues while he worked at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich — including telling a colleague that he found her attractive, remarks about her eyes and weight, asking about her love life, and placing his ring on her hand without consent — plus a fabricated account of the ring incident that differed materially from the hospital’s CCTV footage, found dishonest. He resigned from his NHS post before the internal disciplinary process concluded.

Background Information

Jimingo was employed as an occupational therapist by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust between mid-to-late October 2021 and December 2021, based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. On 12 November 2021 a formal complaint was made to the trust about his conduct toward Colleague A, particularly inappropriate comments and invasion of her personal space; the trust opened an internal investigation, during which it was alleged he gave a dishonest account of the incident that differed materially from the CCTV footage. He resigned on 8 December 2021 before the disciplinary process had concluded. The trust referred him to the HCPC on 9 February 2022; in the ensuing investigation, Colleague C told the regulator he had made inappropriate comments about her appearance, including that he found her attractive.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Suspended for boundary violations and a fabricated account. The particulars were found proved at the 2024 substantive hearing on the civil standard, including the sexual-motivation and dishonesty findings. No criminal proceedings feature in the published decision.

The proved particulars alleged that around October 2021 Jimingo failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with Colleague C by telling her he had told his partner that he found her attractive. On 9 November 2021, toward Colleague A, he said her eyes were “very tempting”, told her “don’t worry about your weight, you look fine”, asked about her love life, was too close to or reached over her when there was no need, and placed his ring on her hand and/or finger without consent. On 16 and 18 November 2021 he provided a fabricated account of the ring incident. His conduct toward both colleagues was found sexually motivated, and the fabricated account dishonest. The substantive panel considered the conduct remediable and noted he was “willing and able to resolve the concerns”, imposing a nine-month suspension order.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The suspension has been reviewed repeatedly. A first reviewing panel identified improved insight, noting his “developing understanding and awareness about people’s personal space and what is appropriate, as set out in his reflective piece”, but remained concerned. Jimingo did not attend the second review on 18 February 2026, though he provided a reflective piece and testimonials which that panel considered “very general”. At the review of 10 July 2026 the panel extended the suspension for a further six months, applying from 28 August 2026, with a further review before its expiry on 28 February 2027. The published decision sets out what a future panel would want: evidence of well-developed insight, such as a written reflective piece, alongside attendance — the element missing from every review he has skipped.

Current Status

Jimingo is suspended from the register under the extended order running to late February 2027 at minimum. He cannot practise as an occupational therapist in the UK while it stands, and his NHS employment ended with his 2021 resignation. The trajectory of the reviews is documented in the decision itself: improvement acknowledged after the first review, disengagement at the second, and an extension rather than a lift at the third. The reviewing panels have repeatedly tied any return to two conditions — attendance in person and reflective work of real specificity — neither of which the record shows him yet to have delivered. The dishonesty finding over the CCTV-contradicted account remains part of the public register alongside the boundary findings.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The case records how the regulator treats colleague-directed boundary violations of short duration: a single month of conduct at one hospital, none of it patient-facing, produced a proved finding of sexual motivation, a dishonesty finding against CCTV, and a suspension now entering its third year on the register. The CCTV element is central — the fabricated account was not merely a denial but a false narrative contradicted by footage, and it is the reason the dishonesty particular exists alongside the conduct particulars. For NHS employers, the case documents the standard handoff: complaint, internal investigation, resignation mid-process, regulatory referral, and a suspension order that outlasts the employment by years. The review panels’ escalating concern, from “developing understanding” to “very general” submissions and missed hearings, marks the boundary between engaging with a sanction and serving it.

Sources

• HCPTS, “Charles K Jimingo — Review Hearing, Conduct and Competence Committee, Suspended,” July 2026. source