Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — review 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 Elroy Weledji, doctor (General Medical Council 4394196).
Decision date: 4 July 2025 · Hearing started 3 July 2025 and ended 4 July 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a performance case for Elroy Weledji. 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: 2. Dr Weledji received his primary medical qualification in 1992 from the National University of Ireland (University College, Dublin). In 1996, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and he also gained Fellowship of the Indian Society of Coloproctology in 2020. 3. Dr Elroy Weledji currently works as a Consultant General surgeon at the University of Buea, Limbe Hospital, Cameroon. In addition to the post of Consultant Surgeon in the specialty of general surgery and coloproctology, Dr Weledji is a Professor of Anatomy and Clinical Surgery and has interests in surgical oncology and coloproctology. 4. Dr Weledji started UK employment in 1992 after his qualification as a doctor in 1992 at University College, Dublin. He worked in a succession of medical jobs orientated towards training in surgery. In 1996 he was awarded the FRCS and commenced specialist registrar work. His UK work ceased in August 2000. 5. Dr Weledji was referred to the GMC in January 1999 by the Medical Director of Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust raising concerns about the standard of Dr Weledji’s professional performance. A GMC Performance Assessment took place in January and February 2001 which concluded that there had been widespread deficiencies in Dr Weledji’s professional performance under the following headings: 1. assessment of patients’ conditions; 2. providing and arranging treatment; 3. working within limits of competence; 4. respect for patients, trust and confidentiality; 5. providing and arranging investigations; 6. record keeping; 7. relationships with colleagues and deficiencies in team working; Record of Determinations – Medical Practitioners Tribunal MPT: Dr WELEDJI 3 8. arranging cover, delegation and referral; and 9. working within laws and...
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a performance case for Elroy Weledji. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.
Source
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