Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
MPTS erases Dr Deepu Alkere Nanjundaswamy after alcohol conviction and misconduct findings
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel has erased Dr Deepu Alkere Nanjundaswamy from the medical register, finding his fitness to practise impaired by an alcohol-related conviction and by misconduct that included drinking while on duty in an emergency department and slapping a woman.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 26 June 2026 · Updated 7 July 2026
Erasure (struck off the register)
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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 Deepu Alkere Nanjundaswamy, doctor (General Medical Council 7941048).
Decision date: 26 June 2026 · Hearing started 22 June 2026 and ended 26 June 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Deepu Alkere Nanjundaswamy's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of a conviction and misconduct. It found he had been convicted of a drink-related driving offence, failed to tell the GMC, consumed alcohol while on duty in an emergency department, slapped a woman while intoxicated in breach of interim conditions, and then left the UK while facing a criminal charge. The tribunal erased his name from the medical register.
Charges
The allegation, found proved, comprised a conviction and multiple heads of misconduct. On 27 April 2023 at Chesterfield Magistrates' Court Dr Alkere Nanjundaswamy was convicted of being in charge of a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol above the prescribed limit (123 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath), and was fined £2,200 and disqualified from driving for four months. He failed to notify the GMC of the charge and conviction. On 23 August 2023 he consumed alcohol while on duty in the emergency department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. On 28 January 2025 at Chesterfield train station he slapped Ms A's face while intoxicated, in breach of an interim order of conditions, and was later charged with assault. He then left the UK on 28 July 2025 while aware he was required to appear at Sheffield Magistrates' Court.
Findings
The Tribunal found Dr Alkere Nanjundaswamy's fitness to practise impaired by reason of both his conviction and misconduct, and determined that he posed a high current and ongoing risk to public protection with all three limbs engaged. It found that consuming alcohol while on duty raised patient safety concerns, and that his physical violence, breach of interim conditions, failure to notify the regulator, disengagement from the process and departure from the UK to avoid criminal proceedings undermined public confidence and professional standards. It found no reliable evidence of current insight or remediation.
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