Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
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Concerning Jonathon Dean, doctor (General Medical Council 7518208).
Decision date: 23 March 2026 · Hearing started 16 March 2026 and ended 23 March 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Jonathon Dean, an anaesthetic trainee, injected a woman with anaesthetic drugs in her bedroom in December 2018 for sexual purposes, without the equipment to monitor her safely. He also admitted attending two London hospitals against instructions and was later convicted at Cambridge Crown Court of nine counts of theft and one of possessing a Class A drug, receiving 25 months in prison. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register.
Charges
Dr Dean admitted that on 14 December 2018, while an Anaesthetic Core Trainee 1 without the necessary skills or competence to administer such medication outside a hospital setting and without appropriate monitoring equipment, he injected Ms A with anaesthetic drugs in her bedroom for recreational purposes, rendered her sedated or anaesthetised, penetrated her with body parts and an object, and left her without medical supervision. He admitted the conduct was sexually motivated. He admitted attending Whipps Cross Hospital and the Royal London Hospital on multiple occasions between 2022 and 2023 against the instruction of senior colleagues and without appropriate reason. He admitted that on 24 November 2023 at Cambridge Crown Court he was convicted of nine counts of theft and one count of possession of a Class A controlled drug, and was sentenced on 5 April 2024 to 25 months' imprisonment.
Findings
The Tribunal found the additional disputed facts proved on the balance of probabilities: that Dr Dean refused to tell Ms A what he had done to her beyond a vague answer of 'Everything', and that he knew his conduct rendered Ms A unable to consent to specific sexual acts, withdraw consent, or know what had taken place. The allegation that he knew of Ms A's mental-health vulnerability was found not proved. The Tribunal found his conduct amounted to serious misconduct and that, together with the conviction, his fitness to practise was impaired. It directed that his name be erased from the medical register and imposed an immediate order.
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