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Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — substantive hearing

Struck off the register

The regulator’s term: erasure

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 Hossein Abbasi, dentist (General Dental Council 78936).

Decision date: 9 November 2022 · Hearing started 2 November 2022 and ended 9 November 2022

In plain English

The GDC committee published a Professional Conduct Committee decision for Hossein Abbasi. It directed erasure from the dental register. The public outcome summary states: On 11 November 2022 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Abbasi from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately. The official DPHS page links to the full determination PDF for the committee's reasons.

Charges

The DPHS public detail page records a Professional Conduct Committee decision. The official determination PDF is linked as the source document. The public outcome summary states: On 11 November 2022 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Abbasi from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately.

Findings

The GDC committee directed erasure from the dental register for Hossein Abbasi. The public outcome summary states: On 11 November 2022 the Professional Conduct Committee made an order to erase Mr Abbasi from the register and ordered that their registration be suspended immediately.

Source

All facts on this page are drawn from the publicly published Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination linked below. MedicWatch does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.

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