Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 2 months
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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 Allister Francks, doctor (General Medical Council 6128620).
Decision date: 13 June 2025 · Hearing started 9 June 2025 and ended 13 June 2025
This sanction period has elapsed.
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Allister Francks. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and imposed a 2-month 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 Francks qualified in 2005 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) from the University of Glasgow. He was admitted as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2013. 3. Dr Francks worked in a series of locum positions in general practice, and then worked for a six-month locum period at Wellhall Medical Centre in Hamilton. He joined the partnership in that practice in 2015. Dr Francks remains a GP partner there and currently works eight sessions per week over four days. 4.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Allister Francks. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 2-month suspension.
Source
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