Christopher Gyiripah

Introduction

On 13 February 2026, at the end of a final hearing opened on 9 February, a Conduct and Competence Committee panel of the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) struck radiographer Christopher Gyiripah off the register of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), where he was registered as RA76626. The panel found that, as a senior radiographer at Wexham Park Hospital, he made unwanted sexual advances to two female colleagues, that the November 2018 incident amounted to a sexual assault at the civil standard, and that his fitness to practise was impaired. He denied the heart of the allegation.

Background Information

The record identifies Gyiripah as a radiographer registered with the HCPC as RA76626, employed by Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust at Wexham Park Hospital from 2017, initially Band 5 and from 2018 Band 6 — senior to both complainants, Colleagues D and E. A complaint to the Trust on 17 December 2021 led to an internal investigation in which a second colleague came forward; he was dismissed for gross misconduct on 25 April 2022 and lost his appeal. The Trust referred him to the HCPC on 12 July 2022. MedicWatch records erasure — struck off the register — as his most recent published outcome.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Civil-standard findings, not criminal convictions. Nothing in the published record points to criminal proceedings. Everything proved below was proved by a regulatory panel to the civil standard — the balance of probabilities — and the findings belong to the panel, not to a court.

Between 2018 and 2021 Gyiripah made unwanted sexual advances to two junior colleagues. In early 2018 he asked new colleague Colleague D intrusive personal questions — “Do you have a boyfriend? …. Do you have a family….What kind of boys do you like?…. What kind of relationship do you prefer - do you like an open one?” — opened her Facebook profile without her permission and, despite her asking him to stop, scrolled through her photographs commenting on her appearance and body (“looked hot”, “a nice arse”), and asked which hospital accommodation room she lived in so he could “pop over” and “give her a surprise”. Particular 1 was proved in full.

In November 2018, alone with Colleague D in the main radiology department, he grabbed her into a hug, squeezed her bottom and held her for up to a minute — she was too weak to break free. He said “I felt like touching you, so I did”, and “if you tell anyone, no one will believe you because no one knows you, everyone knows me and respects me”. She came forward only in late 2021, hearing a colleague had reported being sexually assaulted; Particulars 2a, 2b and 2c were proved.

Towards Colleague E he asked her to dance for him on a January 2021 night shift — a particular he admitted — stared at her in what she called a “very intense, creepy and perverted manner”, told her to turn around while trying to look at her bottom and called her a “bad girl trying to entice” him, and invited her and a colleague to sit on his lap; Particulars 2, 4 and 5 were found sexually motivated. He admitted the power imbalance yet blamed a conspiracy of female colleagues.

On misconduct, the panel applied Roylance v General Medical Council (no 2) [2001] 1 AC 311 — misconduct as “a word of general effect, involving some act or omission which falls short of what would be proper in the circumstances” — and Nandi v GMC [2004] EWHC 2317 (Admin): “The adjective ‘serious’ must be given its proper weight, and in other contexts there has been reference to conduct which would be regarded as deplorable by fellow practitioners”. It concluded: “The Registrant made unwanted sexual advances to two female colleagues, which, in relation to Particular 2a, amounted to a sexual assault. He was in a position of power over these colleagues which he exploited for his own sexual gratification in breach of professional boundaries.” At impairment it found “a deep-seated exploitative attitude towards women” and “a pattern of predatory and opportunist behaviour towards young and vulnerable female colleagues”, no insight or remorse, and a significant likelihood of repetition.

Public Reaction and Consequences

Beyond the regulator’s hearing page and MedicWatch — which added his case on 5 May 2026 and does not editorialise regulators’ findings — the published record is silent on public reaction. The consequences began inside the NHS: the Trust’s investigation was prompted not by any complaint but by colleagues’ refusal to work shifts with him, which the panel found had potentially reduced the department’s capacity. Colleague D said she regretted not speaking out sooner: “maybe other people may not have been affected, it is a regret I will carry forward”. He was summarily dismissed for gross misconduct in April 2022 and lost his appeal. At sanction the panel found no mitigating factors, listing as aggravating his abuse of his senior position, his predatory conduct exploiting colleagues’ youth, inexperience and vulnerability, the harm of making colleagues feel unsafe, the indirect risk to patients, his denial, and his failure to take remedial steps despite promptings over three and a half years.

Current Status

Gyiripah was struck off by the panel’s decision of 13 February 2026, which directs the Registrar to remove his name from the HCPC Register. The HCPTS hearing page notes an interim order imposed on 7 February 2026, before the final hearing concluded; the determination’s notes record an 18-month Interim Suspension Order under Article 31(2) of the Health Professions Order 2001, expiring when any appeal ends or, if none is lodged, when the appeal period closes. The record does not state whether he has appealed. MedicWatch records erasure as his most recent published outcome and directs readers to the official HCPC register for his current position.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The striking-off ended Gyiripah’s HCPC registration and his ability to work as a radiographer in the UK unless a future restoration application succeeds. The panel judged his misconduct “so serious as to be incompatible with his remaining on the Register” — driven by the exploitative pattern it found and his refusal to acknowledge it. He maintained that his conduct was not sexually motivated, and conceded he had undertaken no continuing professional development on professional boundaries. The panel weighed the hardship to him but held that public protection took priority. The record contains nothing about his circumstances since.

Sources

• *MedicWatch, “Christopher Gyiripah — Struck off the register · 13 February 2026” (HCPC determination, substantive hearing) — source
• *MedicWatch, “Christopher Gyiripah — Struck off the register | Health and Care Professions Council RA76626” (HCPC registrant profile) — source
• *HCPTS, “Christopher Gyiripah” (HCPC final hearing page, Conduct and Competence Committee) — source