Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — review hearing
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 1 year
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Concerning Sarah Benn, doctor (General Medical Council 3334454).
Decision date: 18 June 2025 · Hearing started 17 June 2025 and ended 18 June 2025
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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