Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — review hearing
MPTS lifts Dr Rukmana Rabindran's suspension after drink-driving conviction, finding no impairment
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service review panel has ended the suspension of Dr Rukmana Rabindran, concluding that his fitness to practise is no longer impaired by his 2024 driving convictions, after finding he had shown genuine insight and remediation during his period of suspension.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 1 July 2026 · Updated 7 July 2026
No impairment found
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What does “no impairment found” mean?
The regulator considered the case and found that the practitioner's fitness to practise was not currently impaired. No restrictions are imposed.
Concerning Rukmana Rabindran, doctor (General Medical Council 7727911).
Decision date: 1 July 2026 · Hearing started 1 July 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Rukmana Rabindran's fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of his conviction. He had been suspended in 2025 following convictions for drink driving and a driving offence that placed other road users at risk of serious injury. At this review the tribunal was satisfied he had reflected genuinely, developed real insight, and taken effective steps to prevent any repetition, and his suspension was revoked.
Charges
The underlying matter was Dr Rabindran's conviction on 7 July 2024 at Staines Magistrates' Court for drink driving and dangerous driving, both committed on 23 May 2024. For the dangerous driving offence he was sentenced to 24 weeks' imprisonment suspended for 18 months and disqualified from driving for 12 months with an extended test; for the drink driving offence he was fined £923 and disqualified for 12 months. The 2025 Tribunal found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of conviction and suspended his registration for seven months.
Findings
At this review the Tribunal determined that Dr Rabindran's fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of his conviction. It was satisfied he had undertaken a genuine journey of reflection during his suspension, had developed significant insight into the seriousness of his conduct and the risk it posed to other road users and to public confidence in the profession, had completed relevant courses and his extended driving test, and had put effective safeguards in place against repetition, such that there was no current risk to any of the three parts of public protection.
Source
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