Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Suspended from practice — 1 year
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Concerning Sandra, Chika Ndirika, doctor (General Medical Council 6088249).
Decision date: 22 August 2025 · Hearing started 18 August 2025 and ended 22 August 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Sandra, Chika Ndirika. 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: 3. Dr Ndirika qualified in 2003 with a Bachelor of Medicine degree (MB) from the University of Southampton. Dr Ndirika is a ST6, urology trainee at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust (‘the Trust’). 4. At the time of the events, Dr Ndirika was practising as a Urology doctor at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton. 5. Dr Ndirika first came to the attention of the GMC following an email dated 11 August 2023 to the GMC from Ms E, Information Assurance Officer, West Midlands Police. Record of Determinations – Medical Practitioners Tribunal MPT: Dr NDIRIKA 3 6. The first complainant was a vulnerable patient who had attended Dr Ndirika’s clinic for an appointment. While there, a member of staff picked up his coat and followed him to the ward. Dr Ndirika removed his wallet from his coat at an unconfirmed time and stole £30 and cloned his bank card. She then used the cloned bank card to make purchases on 22nd May 2023. In making online purchases, she falsely represented to be the lawful owner of the bank card. 7. The second complainant was a nurse who had left her bank card in her purse in the staff room. Dr Ndirika stole the purse from her handbag and then used a bank card to order food online. 8. Dr Ndirika was interviewed under caution and had admitted all
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Sandra, Chika Ndirika. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 12-month suspension.
Source
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