Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS orders Gurprit Kaloya struck off over midazolam misuse at work
The HCPTS panel proved three incidents of dishonest medication misuse and intoxication at work. It found impairment and a significant risk of repetition and ordered striking off.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 22 May 2026 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Gurprit Kaloya, operating department practitioner (Health and Care Professions Council ODP20414).
Decision date: 22 May 2026 · Hearing started 20 May 2026 and ended 22 May 2026
In plain English
The HCPTS panel ordered Gurprit Kaloya to be struck off after proving three incidents of dishonestly taking and self-administering midazolam and being intoxicated at work. It found misconduct, impairment and a significant risk of repetition, while recognising later negative drug tests. The order states an effective date of 19 June 2026. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal for up to 18 months.
Charges
The allegations concerned three incidents in August and November 2023 involving unauthorised taking and self-administration of midazolam, intoxication at work and dishonesty, including failure to fulfil an ODP role and possession of two ampoules without clinical reason.
Findings
The panel proved all factual particulars, finding misconduct and impairment on personal and public grounds. It found that the conduct exposed anaesthetised patients to significant risk, with no meaningful remediation and a significant risk of repetition. Later negative drug tests did not determine what occurred in 2023. It ordered striking off, with the order stating an effective date of 19 June 2026. A separate interim suspension covers the appeal period and any appeal for a maximum of 18 months.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Aggravating factors
· The Registrant breached the trust of his position in each of the three incidents. It was because he had been entrusted in his role as an ODP, with the keys for the Controlled Drugs Cupboard, that he was able to carry out his actions.· The breaches were repeated. The three separate incidents occurred over a period of nearly four months in two different hospitals.· Service Users who were vulnerable by the very fact that they were in operating theatres and anaesthetised were exposed to serious risk of harm.
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