Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — review hearing
MPTS tribunal revokes Dr Sotirios Foutsizoglou's suspension, finds no impairment
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel has revoked the 12-month suspension imposed on plastic surgeon Dr Sotirios Foutsizoglou in April 2025 for dishonesty in two NHS job applications, finding he has remediated his misconduct and his fitness to practise is no longer impaired.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 8 May 2026 · Updated 8 July 2026
No impairment found
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What does “no impairment found” mean?
The regulator considered the case and found that the practitioner's fitness to practise was not currently impaired. No restrictions are imposed.
Concerning Sotirios Foutsizoglou, doctor (General Medical Council 6134875).
Decision date: 8 May 2026 · Hearing started 8 May 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Sotirios Foutsizoglou's fitness to practise is no longer impaired at a review of the 12-month suspension imposed in April 2025 for dishonesty in two NHS job applications. The tribunal decided he had shown significant insight, genuine remorse and meaningful remediation, including targeted CPD, a reflective journal and a prevention plan, and that no current risk to public protection remained. It revoked the suspension order with immediate effect.
Charges
The 2025 Tribunal found that in May and July 2021 Dr Foutsizoglou submitted job applications to the Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in which he falsely claimed to be the author or co-author of a number of published research documents and to hold a PhD in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. On 3 September 2021 he emailed the Sheffield Trust attaching the purported research in support of his application. The full Allegation was found proved, by admission or Tribunal decision, and his actions in both applications and his response to Sheffield were found to be dishonest.
Findings
At this review hearing the Tribunal decided whether Dr Foutsizoglou's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct. It considered 323 pages of documentary evidence, including his reflective statement, targeted CPD, a reflective journal kept throughout his suspension, a prevention plan and testimonials from professional colleagues and a patient. The Tribunal was satisfied that he had fully accepted the previous findings, demonstrated significant insight and genuine, meaningful remorse, and taken significant steps to remediate his misconduct and maintain his clinical knowledge. It concluded that the risk of repetition had significantly reduced such that there was no current risk to public protection requiring restrictive action, and that the 12-month suspension had been sufficient. The Tribunal determined that his fitness to practise is no longer impaired and revoked the suspension order with immediate effect.
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