A senior radiographer who worked at The Royal Marsden Hospital repeatedly hid his phone to film three female colleagues as they were getting changed, a tribunal found.
Matthew Izett, who worked at the hospital from 2016 until his dismissal in September 2024, was struck off the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) on Thursday (August 13).
The tribunal examined three separate incidents between 2021 and 2024 involving female colleagues referred to as Colleagues A, B, and C.
The first allegation concerned an incident in May 2021.
Colleague A found Mr Izett’s mobile phone protruding from a backpack in an office where she intended to change out of her scrubs.
She said the camera was active and facing into the room.
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The panel accepted her evidence, finding the phone had been deliberately positioned and rejecting any suggestion it was accidental.
It ruled that Mr Izett had attempted to film her changing without her knowledge.
The second allegation related to June 2021 when Colleague B discovered the registrant’s phone hidden behind a computer with its camera facing into the room after announcing she was going to change clothes.
She recalled seeing a flashing red light and described the registrant as "nervous and defensive" when challenged.
The panel found there was "only one reason" for the phone’s positioning and concluded he had attempted to film her changing.
The third allegation stemmed from June 2024 when Colleague C found the registrant’s phone in a cubby hole facing the room shortly after asking him to leave so she could change.
The device showed it had been recording for 51 seconds. Mr Izett later admitted to deleting the recording.
The tribunal found the video recording had been activated deliberately and that he had attempted to film her without her knowledge.
Mr Izett denied the allegations, claiming any recordings were accidental.
He said he had "not meant to film anything especially not a colleague getting changed" and attributed the 2024 recording to the inadvertent activation of a camera function on his phone.
But Izett chose not to attend the hearing and told the HCPTS: "I no longer wish to engage in the hearing process."
All three allegations were found proven.
The panel also found the conduct was sexually motivated, concluding that "common sense and the evidence found to be proven only allows one sensible explanation" and that the registrant was "seeking sexual gratification".
The tribunal found the misconduct to be of "the utmost seriousness", describing the behaviour as premeditated and a breach of professional boundaries.
It concluded the registrant’s fitness to practise remained impaired, citing a lack of insight, remorse, or remediation and a significant risk of repetition.
Finding that suspension would not adequately protect the public, the panel imposed a striking-off order.
They said the registrant’s behaviour was "inconsistent with continued professional registration" and that no lesser sanction was appropriate.
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