Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 1 year
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Concerning Cian Hughes, doctor (General Medical Council 7280579).
Decision date: 4 June 2025 · Hearing started 3 June 2025 and ended 4 June 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Cian Hughes. 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: 2. Dr Hughes qualified in 2012 at the University of Bristol. At the time that Dr Hughes met Patient A in 2011, Dr Hughes was a fourth-year student at the University of Bristol. Following qualification, Dr Hughes completed his Foundation Years training and worked in a number of hospitals in London as a middle grade doctor between 2015 and 2022. Dr Hughes also undertook work for Google DeepMind Health from 2015 and continues to work for Google in Ireland. 3.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Cian Hughes. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 12-month suspension.
Source
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