Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Suspension (suspended from practice)
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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 Premila Thampi, doctor (General Medical Council 4261917).
Decision date: 12 June 2025 · Hearing started 12 June 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Premila Thampi. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and imposed a 3-week suspension. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 1. Dr Thampi qualified in 1987 at the University of Madras in India. She worked in obstetrics and gynaecology and paediatrics during her time practising as a junior doctor in India and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology. Dr Thampi moved to the UK in May 1991 and became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) in 1996. She was granted full registration with the GMC in 1996 and was entered on the specialist register for obstetrics and gynaecology in March 2007. Dr Thampi had worked and completed further training in the UAE between January 1998 and August 2001. At the time of the events in question, Dr Thampi was practising as a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (‘the Trust’). After undertaking a number of locum Consultant roles in Southampton and Maidstone, Dr Thampi had obtained this substantive post at Milton Keynes University Hospital (‘the Hospital’) in February 2010, and she worked there until 2020. From January 2021 Dr Thampi has been working as a locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at East Surrey Hospital, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. 2.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Premila Thampi. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 3-week suspension.
Source
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