Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — review hearing
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 1 year
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What does “suspended from practice” mean?
A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. At the end of the period the suspension may be extended, replaced with another sanction, or lifted on review.
Concerning Sarah Benn, doctor (General Medical Council 3334454).
Decision date: 18 June 2025 · Hearing started 17 June 2025 and ended 18 June 2025
This sanction period has elapsed.
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Sarah Benn. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and imposed a 12-month suspension. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 1. Dr Benn qualified in medicine at the University of Leicester in 1990. Dr Benn then spent 32 years in clinical practice with most of her career acting as a GP. Dr Benn retired from medical practice in 2022, surrendering her licence to practise, but remaining on the medical register. 2. The background to
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Sarah Benn. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 12-month suspension.
Source
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