Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Practising with restrictions — 1 year
The regulator’s term: conditions on practice
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Conditions of practice allow the practitioner to keep working but only subject to specific restrictions — for example, supervision, limits on certain procedures, or required reporting to the regulator.
Concerning Muhammad Azeem Altaf, doctor (General Medical Council 7874801).
Decision date: 29 August 2025 · Hearing started 29 August 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a non-compliance case for Muhammad Azeem Altaf. It recorded the decision on impairment as not recorded and imposed conditions for 12 months. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 3. Dr Altaf qualified as a doctor in 2019 from Hamdard University, Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry, Pakistan. He then completed an internship following which he worked in ITU for eleven months before going on to complete the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) exam, allowing him to practise in the UK. Dr Altaf moved to the UK and worked for six months as a trauma and orthopaedics clinical fellow at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. He then joined the Emergency Department at Gloucester Royal Hospital on 7 February 2024. 4. In October and November 2024 the GMC received information regarding concerns around Dr Altaf’s performance whilst working as a locally employed doctor within the Emergency Department at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. These related to clinical and professional concerns, including concerns about his clinical capability, going missing during shifts, seeing very few patients, very little insight into his limitations, not being able to work at F2 level and the need for supervision in the Emergency Department. There were also probity concerns relating to annual leave. 5. On 28 January 2025 a GMC Assistant Registrar directed that Dr Altaf undertake a Performance Assessment. 6. On 26 February 2025, Dr Altaf was sent a reminder by email requesting that he complete a Performance Assessment Portfolio form (‘the Portfolio Form’). On 12 March 2025 he returned the completed Portfolio Form and confirmed by email that he was residing outside the UK at the time. On the same date the GMC explained that he would need to travel to Manchester for the Performance Assessment, and he responded explaining that he was unable to travel to the UK due to a lack of a visa, and requested guidance on alternative options. The GMC...
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a non-compliance case for Muhammad Azeem Altaf. The detail page records impairment as not recorded and the tribunal imposed conditions for 12 months.
Source
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