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 Amanda Booth, doctor (General Medical Council 3170500).
Decision date: 31 July 2025 · Hearing started 21 July 2025 and ended 31 July 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Amanda Booth. 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 Booth qualified in 1986 with an MB BS from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and completed the General Practice (GP) Training Scheme in Northumberland in 1990. She subsequently worked in general practice in various roles, including as a locum, assistant, and partner until 2003, when XXX. Dr Booth’s name was then erased from the register in 2006 due to nonpayment of the registration fee but was later restored in November 2007. 3. Between 1 September 2010 and 29 July 2015, Dr Booth’s registration was subject to an interim order of conditions and three orders of suspension, and then again between 16 November 2020 and 11 January 2022, Dr Booth’s registration was subject to an interim order of conditions. 4. The GMC allegation is that Dr Booth acted dishonestly in 2023 when applying for a position of Junior Clinical Fellow at Gateshead Health NHS Trust, (‘The Trust.’) In the application form for the position, it is alleged that, despite her regulatory history, Dr Booth answered ‘No’ to a question asking whether she had ever been removed from the register or had any conditions or sanctions placed on her registration. 5. After having been offered the position, it is then alleged that Dr Booth submitted a Model A declaration form and stated that she had been suspended between 2009 and 2015 Record of Determinations – Medical Practitioners Tribunal MPT: Dr BOOTH 3 for XXX, when in fact her regulatory history spanned between 2010 and 2022, and was due to deficient professional performance. 6. In January 2024, concerns were raised within the Trust by a staffing manager due to the apparent discrepancies between Dr Booth’s application form, the Model A declaration form, and her GMC register entry. These concerns were escalated internally, and the job offer was subsequently...
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Amanda Booth. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.
Source
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