Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
No impairment found
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 Rajesh Shah, doctor (General Medical Council 4346052).
Decision date: 12 September 2025 · Hearing started 12 September 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Rajesh Shah. It recorded the decision on impairment as not impaired and found the doctor's fitness to practise was not impaired. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 2. Dr Shah qualified with an MBBS, MS at Bombay University, India, in 1988. 3. At the time of the events which brought Dr Shah before a Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT) hearing, he was practising as a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester (‘the hospital’). 4. The events which led to Dr Shah’s hearing can be summarised as follows: on 14 October 2014 and 2 October 2019, it was alleged that Dr Shah behaved inappropriately towards female colleague B. It was also alleged that elements of his conduct constituted sexual harassment and were sexually motivated. 5. These matters were first considered before a Medical Practitioners Tribunal hearing from 12 to 29 August 2024 (‘the 2024 Tribunal’). Dr Shah was present and represented at that hearing. The Tribunal found the following allegations proved, and that they amounted to serious misconduct: Colleague B 4. Whilst employed as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Trust you inappropriately touched Colleague B without consent in that: a. on 11 October 2014: Record of Determinations – Medical Practitioners Tribunal MPT: Dr SHAH 3 i. you put your arm around colleague B’s shoulder and steered her towards the coffee room at the Trust (‘the coffee room’); Determined and found proved ii. in the coffee room you: 1. leaned in to hug colleague B; Determined and found proved 2. put both of your hands on the cheeks of colleague B’s bottom; Determined and found proved 3. squeezed colleague B’s bottom cheeks; Determined and found proved b. on 2 October 2019 near the theatre allocation board outside of cardiothoracic theatre number three you: i. brushed your body against colleague B’s breasts; Determined and found proved iii. put your left hand on colleague B’s: 1. right hip; Determined and found proved 2...
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Rajesh Shah. The detail page records impairment as not impaired and the tribunal found the doctor's fitness to practise was not impaired.
Source
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