Overview
- Melbin Thankachan was removed from the Health and Care Professions Council register via a voluntary agreement after admitting misconduct and lack of competence.
- Tribunal documents say he pulled down a young patient's shorts without consulting the child or their parents during a 2022 scan.
- Other incidents cited include tying a girl's gown without consent and failing to ask a mother to remove a babygro, with colleagues reporting poor spoken English and reliance on typing on his phone.
- He worked at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital from July to December 2022 under constant supervision, resigned that month, and was referred to the regulator in March 2023.
- An interim suspension began in August 2023 and was later extended, and the panel called the failures serious and wide-ranging with findings kept on record and full remediation required before any future re‑registration.