Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
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What does “struck off the register” mean?
The regulator directed removal from the register in this decision. The decision explains when the direction takes effect and any appeal provisions. Check the official register for the practitioner's current registration status.
Concerning Joseph Onwude, doctor (General Medical Council 3608119).
Decision date: 8 September 2025 · Hearing started 26 August 2025 and ended 8 September 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution, misconduct case for Joseph Onwude. 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: 1. Dr Onwude, a consultant gynaecologist, qualified in 1981 from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. 2.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a conviction / caution, misconduct case for Joseph Onwude. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.
Source
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