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Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — substantive hearing

Appeal against removal dismissed

The regulator’s term: appeal dismissed

What does “appeal against removal dismissed” mean?

The practitioner appealed against an administrative decision (typically removal from the register for non-compliance) and the regulator's appeal committee dismissed the appeal — the original decision stands.

Concerning Ghafoor Manan, dentist (General Dental Council 71231).

Decision date: 14 July 2022 · Hearing started 11 July 2022 and ended 14 July 2022

In plain English

The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Ghafoor Manan. It dismissed the registration appeal. The public outcome summary states: On 04 October 2022 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Manan from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. On 31 October 2022 Mr Manan appealed against the decision. His registration remained subject to suspension pending the resolution of the appeal. On 20 October 2023 the High Court dismissed the... The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

Charges

The DPHS public detail page records a Professional Conduct Committee decision. The official determination PDF is linked as the source document. The public outcome summary states: On 04 October 2022 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Manan from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. On 31 October 2022 Mr Manan appealed against the decision. His registration remained subject to suspension pending the resolution of the appeal. On 20 October 2023 the High Court dismissed the...

Findings

The GDC committee dismissed the registration appeal for Ghafoor Manan. The public outcome summary states: On 04 October 2022 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Manan from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. On 31 October 2022 Mr Manan appealed against the decision. His registration remained subject to suspension pending the resolution of the appeal. On 20 October 2023 the High Court dismissed the...

Source

All facts on this page are drawn from the publicly published Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination linked below. MedicWatch does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.

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