Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
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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 Stephen Cox, doctor (General Medical Council 2605957).
Decision date: 28 August 2025 · Hearing started 26 August 2025 and ended 28 August 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Stephen Cox. 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 Stephen Cox qualified in 1982 with a LMSSA through the Society of Apothecaries of London. 2. The background events which have given rise to this hearing are that on 7 October 2024, Dr Cox was, following a trial, sentenced to a total of 22 years imprisonment at Reading Crown Court having been convicted of 11 counts of indecent assault on a woman over 16 years of age, and 1 count of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14. 3. Five (5) of the counts of indecent assault on a woman were in respect of Person A, and there was 1 count of indecent assault in respect of each of Person B, C, D and G, and 2 counts of indecent assault in respect of Person F. The 1 count of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14 was in respect of Person E, who was XXX years old at the time of the assault. The offences spanned a period from July 1988 through to September 1997. All of the offences were committed whilst Dr Cox was working as a General Practitioner ‘GP’.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Stephen Cox. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.
Source
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