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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 Arun Bagga, doctor (General Medical Council 4021281).

Decision date: 4 July 2025 · Hearing started 2 July 2025 and ended 4 July 2025

In plain English

The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Arun Bagga. 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 Bagga qualified in 1993 from the University of Southampton. Dr Bagga gained GMC registration and became a fully qualified GP practicing for 18 years. Dr Bagga specialised in writing medico-legal reports for 11 years. Dr Bagga at the time of events was working as a Locum GP through various agencies. 3.

Findings

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Arun Bagga. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.

Source

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

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