Medical Practitioners Tribunal 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 Saheb Peer Shabaz Khalander, doctor (General Medical Council 7708739).
Decision date: 27 January 2026 · Hearing started 1 December 2025 and ended 27 January 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Saheb Peer Shabaz Khalander sexually harassed a junior colleague, Ms A, on 31 May 2022 by touching her thigh in a sexually motivated manner while she sought his clinical advice. The tribunal found his conduct lay at the high end of the spectrum of seriousness and that he had demonstrated no meaningful insight or remediation. The tribunal directed his erasure from the Medical Register and imposed an immediate suspension order.
Charges
Dr Shabaz Khalander was alleged to have, on 31 May 2022 while working as a clinical specialist in the Emergency Department at the Hospital, inappropriately touched the thigh of a junior colleague, Ms A, when she approached him for advice on patient care. It was alleged that his actions constituted sexual harassment under Section 26(2) of the Equality Act 2010, that his conduct was sexually motivated, and that it was an abuse of his more senior position.
Findings
The Tribunal found that Dr Shabaz Khalander had sexually harassed Ms A and that his conduct was sexually motivated. The Tribunal found that his misconduct lay at the high end of the spectrum of seriousness, noting his actions in trapping Ms A were an aggravating feature. It found that he had demonstrated no meaningful insight or remediation and concluded that erasure was the only proportionate sanction. An immediate order of suspension was imposed.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Aggravating factors
Dr Shabaz Khalander acted opportunistically by exploiting an opportunity to touch Ms A when she had come to him for advice. He moved close to her, trapping her legs between his legs and a filing cabinet where his actions could not be seen. His actions undermined collaborative working and led to a direct risk to patient safety.
Source
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