Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Suspended from practice — 1 year
The regulator’s term: suspension
What does “suspended from practice” mean?
A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. At the end of the period the suspension may be extended, replaced with another sanction, or lifted on review.
Concerning Mark Johnson, doctor (General Medical Council 4428345).
Decision date: 5 November 2025 · Hearing started 20 October 2025 and ended 5 November 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Mark Johnson. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and imposed a 12-month suspension. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 2. Dr Johnson graduated in 1997 from the University of Southampton and was appointed to his first Consultant post at West Suffolk Hospital in 2013. He was employed in this post at the time of the events. Dr Johnson worked at West Suffolk Hospital for 10 years. He left following disciplinary proceedings in 2023, which arose from events that allegedly took place during the Work Christmas Party in 2022. In October 2023, Dr Johnson took up a locum post as a Consultant at Royal Sussex County Hospital. He was later offered a substantive Consultant post which he commenced in June 2024. 3.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Mark Johnson. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 12-month suspension.
Source
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