Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Struck off the register
The regulator’s term: erasure
What does “struck off the register” mean?
Being struck off (the regulator calls this "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years, but is otherwise indefinite.
Concerning Georgi Tsakov, doctor (General Medical Council 7006496).
Decision date: 22 September 2025 · Hearing started 8 September 2025 and ended 22 September 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Georgi Tsakov. 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 Tsakov qualified in 1998 from the Sofia Medical University in Bulgaria. At the time of the events in question, Dr Tsakov was working as a locum consultant dermatologist at the Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (‘the Trust’). 2.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Georgi Tsakov. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.
Source
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