Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — review hearing
No impairment found
What does “no impairment found” mean?
The regulator considered the case and found that the practitioner's fitness to practise was not currently impaired. No restrictions are imposed.
Concerning Gurkirit Kalkat, doctor (General Medical Council 3325245).
Decision date: 29 July 2025 · Hearing started 29 July 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Gurkirit Kalkat. It recorded the decision on impairment as not impaired and found the doctor's fitness to practise was not impaired. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 2. Dr Kalkat qualified in 1989 with a Bachelor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) from the University of Liverpool. He completed a diploma in Family Planning in 1993, before completing the speciality training for General Practice (MRCGP) in 1994. He worked in a number of roles at different practices until December 1994, when he moved to Thames View Health Centre (the “Health Centre”) in Barking as a GP. In 1995, Dr Kalkat took over as sole owner of the Health Centre. 3. In 2002, Dr Kalkat completed specialist GP training in Substance Abuse, via a one-year online training course arranged by the Royal College of General Practitioners. In April 2020, after the events giving rise to the concerns in this case, the Health Centre merged with King Edwards Medical Group and became Aurora Medcare. Dr Kalkat took over as sole owner of the Health Centre. 4. On 31 October 2020, the GMC received a self-referral from Dr Kalkat following advice from his local Performance Advisory Group (“PAG”) because of concerns which had been raised by Patient A with NHS England on 10 February 2020. Record of Determinations – Medical Practitioners Tribunal MPT: Dr KALKAT 3 5. Patient A had a history of addiction to prescription drugs and was a patient at the Health Centre for several years (prior to the merger).
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Gurkirit Kalkat. The detail page records impairment as not impaired and the tribunal found the doctor's fitness to practise was not impaired.
Source
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