Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
MPTS tribunal suspends Dr Roshan Patel for six months over drug theft and conviction
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel has suspended Dr Roshan Patel for six months after finding his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct and a conviction for stealing and self-administering a controlled drug while on shift at a hospital.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 4 June 2026 · Updated 7 July 2026
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 6 months
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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 Roshan Patel, doctor (General Medical Council 7085153).
Decision date: 4 June 2026 · Hearing started 1 June 2026 and ended 4 June 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Roshan Patel's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and a criminal conviction. In March 2024 he stole a partially used syringe of a controlled drug at work and self-administered it, and was later convicted of theft and drug possession. The tribunal decided his insight and remediation were still developing and suspended his registration for six months, with a review before it ends.
Charges
On 26 March 2024, while on shift at King George Hospital, Dr Patel self-administered a partially used syringe of a controlled drug he had been instructed to discard and was found semi-conscious by colleagues. On 15 April 2025 at Barkingside Magistrates' Court he was convicted of theft of the syringe and possession of a Class A controlled drug, and on 19 May 2025 was sentenced to a 12-month community order with rehabilitation activity and unpaid work requirements. He admitted the allegation, which was found proved.
Findings
The Tribunal found Dr Patel's fitness to practise impaired by reason of both misconduct and his criminal conviction. It determined his conduct fell at the higher end of the spectrum of seriousness, that he had abused his professional position and shown a reckless disregard for patient safety, and that he continued to present a current and ongoing risk to public protection. The Tribunal found his insight and remediation to be genuine but still at an early stage.
Source
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