Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Suspended from practice — 1 year
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Concerning Victor Evbuomwan, doctor (General Medical Council 7585316).
Decision date: 10 February 2026 · Hearing started 26 January 2026 and ended 10 February 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Victor Evbuomwan's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. Between December 2021 and February 2024 he was dishonest in four documents submitted to prospective NHS employers and the GMC, including misrepresenting NHS work experience and failing to declare a 2007 fraud conviction. The tribunal found his 2007 conviction itself did not impair his fitness to practise given the passage of time. On 10 February 2026 it suspended his registration for 12 months with a review and imposed an immediate order.
Charges
The allegations comprised: (1) a 2007 conviction at East Berkshire Magistrates' Court for six offences of using false instruments (a false passport and a false Home Office letter of indefinite leave to remain) and dishonestly obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, used to obtain paid work at a hotel in 2004 and at Waitrose in 2005, for which he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment in August 2007; and (2) misconduct allegations of dishonesty in the period 2021-2024 in documents submitted to prospective NHS employers and to the GMC, including the 2021 GP Specialty Training application, a Fitness to Practise Declaration Form to Health Education England, two GMC registration applications in 2022, and a February 2024 email to Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.
Findings
The Tribunal found Dr Evbuomwan's fitness to practise not impaired by reason of his 2007 conviction, given the passage of time, the offences predating his medical career, his rehabilitation and his insight into the conviction. However it found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct, comprising four instances of dishonesty between December 2021 and February 2024: misrepresenting NHS work experience on the GP ST Application, failing to declare his conviction in his GMC registration applications, mischaracterising the conviction as 'an immigration matter' on the FTP Form to HEE, and misrepresenting the conviction in his February 2024 email to the S&T Trust. The Tribunal placed the misconduct at the higher end of the spectrum of seriousness as it was repeated, premeditated, undertaken for personal gain, and undermined safeguards designed to protect the public.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
The doctor's strong desire to work as a doctor in the UK and to provide for his family; his rehabilitation since 2007 including qualifying as a doctor in 2012 and practising in Nigeria from 2013-2019; a serious family tragedy; engagement with the GMC investigation; positive testimonials and patient feedback; continued employment at the S&T Trust which had full knowledge of the 2007 conviction; recent appraisal showing change in attitude towards openness about the conviction; some developing insight into the misconduct.
Aggravating factors
The dishonest conduct was repeated over a period of more than two years; each instance involved deliberate behaviour with planning; he showed a reckless disregard for professional standards, breaching a fundamental tenet of the profession; his actions undermined systems in place to protect the public by denying employers and the regulator a proper opportunity to assess whether he was safe to practise; the dishonesty was for personal gain in terms of securing income and advancing his medical career.
Source
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