Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Struck off the register
The regulator’s term: erasure
What does “struck off the register” mean?
Being struck off (the regulator calls this "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years, but is otherwise indefinite.
Concerning Douglas Brown, doctor (General Medical Council 3097625).
Decision date: 23 September 2025 · Hearing started 15 September 2025 and ended 23 September 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Douglas Brown. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 1. Dr Brown qualified in 1985. He was a permanent consultant breast surgeon with NHS Tayside until he retired. Between 13 May 2021 and 12 May 2022, he had returned to work as a locum within NHS Tayside. The matters which led to
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Douglas Brown. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.
Source
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