Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Suspended from practice
The regulator’s term: suspension
What does “suspended from practice” mean?
A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. At the end of the period the suspension may be extended, replaced with another sanction, or lifted on review.
Concerning Anthony Odume, doctor (General Medical Council 5194359).
Decision date: 27 August 2025 · Hearing started 20 August 2025 and ended 27 August 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Anthony Odume. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and imposed a 6-week suspension. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 2. Dr Odume qualified in 1988 from the University of Benin, Nigeria. He registered to practice in the UK in 2001, became a Consultant in 2016 and obtained a masters degree (MSc) in Psychiatry Practice (University of Hertfordshire) in 2010. He is an Approved Clinician (under section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983) in both England and Wales, and an approved medical practitioner under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2003. At the time of the events Dr Odume was practising as a locum Consultant Psychiatrist at the Newtown Hospital, Wales, (‘the Hospital’) with the Fan Gorau Community Mental Health Team (‘CMHT’). 3.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Anthony Odume. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 6-week suspension.
Source
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