Gavin Boa
Introduction
Gavin Boa is a paramedic whose name stood on the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) register under number PA057383. On 17 July 2026, at the close of a two-day substantive hearing held on 16 and 17 July 2026, a Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) panel found his fitness to practise impaired and ordered him struck off the register. The case arose from convictions at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on 6 May 2025 for sexual offences involving unwanted sexual images and communications, exposure and sexual activity towards a colleague, identified in the record as Colleague B. The panel found the convictions proved, found impairment on both personal and public components, and concluded that the conduct had caused emotional harm, that his insight was limited, that no remediation had been demonstrated, and that the risk of repetition was high.
Background Information
The published record identifies Boa only as a paramedic registered with the HCPC as PA057383. It does not name his ambulance service employer, does not say where he was based beyond the court location, and gives no account of his career history. The conduct in question was directed at Colleague B, described in the panel’s reasons as a junior colleague, and occurred in the workplace over a period of months rather than in a single incident. No prior HCPC regulatory history is mentioned in the published record, and no sentence imposed by Dumbarton Sheriff Court is stated in the published material.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Adjudicated vs. alleged. Gavin Boa’s convictions are a matter of court record, and the panel found those convictions proved. Anything not forming part of the convictions, such as the panel’s assessments of insight, remediation and risk, is a regulatory determination on the relevant standards, not a criminal finding.
The charges before the panel were “Convictions at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on 6 May 2025 for sexual offences involving unwanted sexual images and communications, exposure and sexual activity towards a colleague.” The panel found the convictions proved and fitness to practise impaired on both the personal and public components.
The panel found that the conduct towards Colleague B “persisted over seven months and caused emotional harm”. Its aggravating findings describe an escalation: the convictions indicate “a pattern of unacceptable behaviour in the workplace which persisted over seven months and escalated from showing videos with sexual content to masturbating and exposing his genitals to Colleague B”. The panel further found that Boa “had breached the trust that is a fundamental aspect of working with colleagues” and lacked insight into the impact of his conduct on Colleague B, his other colleagues, his profession and the wider public interest. It recorded that harm was caused to Colleague B, “who was humiliated, distressed and embarrassed to the extent that she sought to move ambulance stations to avoid working with the Registrant”, and that he “has not taken steps to demonstrate that he has remedied his convictions”.
His engagement with the regulatory process was partial: he “engaged through written submissions” rather than attending. On that record the panel found limited insight, no demonstrated remediation and a high risk of repetition. It ordered striking off taking effect after the appeal period or the disposal of an appeal, with a separate interim suspension covering that period for up to 18 months.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The published record contains no press coverage of either the criminal proceedings or the HCPC hearing, and no public statements from Boa, Colleague B or any employer. The consequences recorded are the convictions themselves and the striking-off order with its attendant interim suspension. MedicWatch, which maintains the practitioner-facing record of the decision, aggregates regulator outcomes and states it does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.
Current Status
Boa is struck off the HCPC register, the erasure having been decided on 17 July 2026. The striking-off order takes effect after the appeal period or, if an appeal is brought, on its disposal; a separate interim suspension covering that period runs for up to 18 months. The published record does not state that any appeal has been brought, and it does not state any sentence imposed in the criminal proceedings. His MedicWatch profile records his registration status as not yet verified and directs readers to the official HCPC register for current status.
Impact on Their Career/Life
Striking off ends Boa’s ability to work as an HCPC-registered paramedic in the UK unless a future restoration application succeeds. The panel’s findings — a seven-month pattern of sexual misconduct towards a junior colleague, escalating from sexual videos to exposure, a breach of colleague trust, and the effect on Colleague B that left her seeking a transfer to another ambulance station — record why it found the risk of repetition high and remediation undemonstrated. The published record contains no information about his circumstances beyond the case, and nothing on this page should be read as going beyond it.