A HALTON and Warrington Hospital microbiologist who made scores of errors has been struck off from the profession.

Onovughkpor Oseruvwoja has been banned from practising by the Health and Care Professions Council following a hearing in London on Monday, April 3.

Employed by Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a biomedical scientist between June 2009 and January 2012, Mr Oseruvwoja made a string of errors in his work identifying germs and viruses in samples from patients.

One such error in a test for HIV led to ‘extended anxiety’ for a patient as they waited for their correct results.

In 316 samples of his work, Mr Oseruvwoja was found to have made 14 major errors and 38 minor errors.

Mr Oseruvwoja was reported to the HCPC by the trust following his dismissal five years ago.

A third review into his suspension from the practice found that Mr Oseruvwoja, who now works as a cleaner, ‘poses a real risk of significant harm to the public’ having ‘made little or no effort’ to remedy his failings and shown ‘a continuing lack of insight’ into his malpractice.

The HCPC panel found the Mr Oseruvwoja had ‘demonstrated severe shortfalls that were not rectified by more than two years of supervision and training’, and that his actions had ‘constituted several serious fundamental breaches of the standards of the profession’.

Panel chair Ian Comfort ordered that Mr Oseruvwoja, who was present and represented throughout the hearing, be struck off the register.

He said: “In light of the available evidence and submissions, the panel is satisfied that Mr Oseruvwoja’s fitness to practise is still impaired and that the public would not be protected if he were to be permitted to return to unrestricted practice.

“The panel considered that, in the absence of evidence that he has developed sufficient insight into his failing and has taken action to remedy these failings, there remains a risk of repetition and therefore a risk to the public.”