Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
MPTS warns Dr Adam Chesters over student contact; sexual harassment not proved
The tribunal found misconduct over physical contact with two students but no current impairment. It rejected sexual harassment and sexual motivation allegations and issued a warning without restricting registration.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 14 September 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
Warning (formally warned)
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A formal warning is a note on the practitioner's record. It does not restrict practice but tells the public that the regulator considered the conduct to have fallen below expected standards.
Concerning Dr Adam Chesters, doctor (General Medical Council 6102644).
Decision date: 14 September 2026 · Hearing started 18 December 2025 and ended 14 September 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found misconduct in Dr Adam Chesters' physical contact with two medical students, but found no current impairment. Allegations of sexual harassment, sexual motivation and harassment related to sex were not proved. The tribunal accepted genuine insight and substantial remediation, with a low risk of repetition. On 14 September 2026 it issued a warning for departures from professional standards, without restricting his registration.
Charges
The GMC alleged inappropriate physical contact and comments towards four medical students between 2022 and 2024, including abuse of seniority, sexual harassment, sexual motivation and harassment related to sex. Several factual allegations and all allegations of sexual harassment, sexual motivation and harassment related to sex were not proved.
Findings
The tribunal found misconduct in moving two students by touching their waists or shoulders and touching one student's clothing. It found an abuse of seniority in certain conduct towards one student, but did not find sexual harassment, sexual motivation or harassment related to sex. After considering further submissions at a reopened impairment stage, it maintained its findings. It found no current impairment, citing genuine insight, substantial remediation and a low risk of repetition. On 14 September 2026 it issued a warning without restricting registration.
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