Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 3 months
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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 Muhammad Rafiq, doctor (General Medical Council 6068448).
Decision date: 18 August 2025 · Hearing started 4 August 2025 and ended 18 August 2025
This sanction period has elapsed.
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Muhammad Rafiq. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and imposed a 3-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 Muhammad Rafiq qualified in 2002 from the University of Karachi in Pakistan. He worked in Pakistan until 2010 when he came to work in the UK. At the time of the alleged events he was employed by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Trust (‘the Trust’), as a Locum Consultant Urologist and was based at Ipswich hospital. He commenced this employment on 30 December 2020 and the contract expired on 31 October 2023. 2.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Muhammad Rafiq. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 3-month suspension.
Source
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