Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — other
MPTS suspends Dr Abdelhamid Abdu 12 months over incomplete GMC performance assessment
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel has suspended Dr Abdelhamid Abdu for 12 months after finding he had not undergone a GMC-directed performance assessment ordered over concerns about his clinical knowledge and skills. The panel accepted there was good reason for his non-compliance.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 8 May 2026 · Updated 8 July 2026
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Concerning Abdelhamid Sabri Abdu Mohammed Abdu, doctor (General Medical Council 7462062).
Decision date: 8 May 2026 · Hearing started 17 April 2026 and ended 8 May 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Abdelhamid Sabri Abdu Mohammed Abdu had not complied with a GMC direction to undergo a performance assessment, which had been ordered after concerns were raised about his clinical knowledge and skills as a radiology trainee. The tribunal accepted there was good reason for his non-compliance but found no realistic prospect of him completing the assessment soon. It suspended his registration for 12 months and directed a review.
Charges
This was a non-compliance case rather than a finding on the merits. In October 2020 Health Education England (Yorkshire and the Humber) referred concerns to the GMC about Dr Abdu's medical knowledge, clinical skills and communication with patients; he had been released from the Yorkshire radiology training programme after Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust raised concerns about his basic clinical abilities. In December 2020 the GMC directed him under Rule 7(3) to undergo a performance assessment. Despite repeated invitations, and after several pauses to the investigation for reasons considered in private, the assessment was not completed. The underlying clinical concerns have not been adjudicated because they cannot be investigated without the assessment.
Findings
The Tribunal found that Dr Abdu had failed to comply with the GMC's direction to undergo a performance assessment. On the evidence before it, which was largely heard in private, the Tribunal accepted that there was good reason for his non-compliance, but also found that there was no realistic prospect of him participating in the assessment within a reasonable timeframe. It therefore made a finding of non-compliance and made no finding of impairment. Given the outstanding significant clinical concerns that cannot be investigated without the assessment, the Tribunal determined that the existing interim conditions no longer adequately protected the public, suspended his registration for 12 months, directed a review, and imposed an immediate order of suspension, revoking the interim order of conditions.
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