Radiographer caught filming colleagues getting changed at London hospital

He reportedly recorded three of his colleagues when they were getting changed

A radiographer who reportedly secretly filmed three of his colleagues getting changed has been struck off after his “grossly inappropriate behaviour”. The radiographer, Matthew Izett, worked at the Royal Marsden Hospital, South Kensington, between 2016 and 2024 before he was caught trying to film a colleague getting out of her scrubs.

On June 21 2024, a female radiographer colleague went into the office to change out of her scrubs before going home. She found the Registrant sitting in the office, so she asked him to leave before changing.

He did so, but then she made the chilling discovery of a telephone in a cubbyhole below a desk, which was filming the room. After this, the colleague, referred to as Colleague C, reported the incident to her manager, who initiated an investigation.

They found that Izett had two other colleagues (Colleague A and Colleague B) who believed that he had tried to film them while they were changing in May 2021 and June 2021. He was later dismissed in September 2024.

In the three incidents, each of the colleagues found Izett’;s phone hidden in the room where his female colleagues got changed, often propped up or positioned so that the camera was facing into the room.

Colleague A and Colleague B both confronted him about the strange positioning of the phone; both times, he reportedly made excuses such as “oh, it’s nothing” before taking the phone away from them and leaving.

Both Colleague A and Colleague B reported these incidents to their service manager, who responded by saying that they should not be changing in that room. No further action was taken until 2024, when Colleague C reported similar behaviour.

When asked about the first incident with Colleague A, Izett responded saying “I don’t recall anything in 2021,” and when asked about the second incident, he remarked that “nothing had been recorded.”

For Colleague C, Izett made the argument that it was a mistake that he left his phone on record in a cubbyhole of a desk facing outwards into the room.

The panel found on the balance of probabilities that all three colleagues were being filmed without their permission for Izett’s sexual gratification.

The panel concluded their report by striking off Matthew Izett, and said: “The Registrant’s behaviour was inconsistent with continued professional registration, no lesser sanction would sufficiently reassure the public of the grossly inappropriate nature of that behaviour, and nothing short of striking off would send the required message to other registrants.

“For those reasons, the Panel is satisfied that a striking off order is a proportionate response.”