Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Indefinite suspension (suspended indefinitely)
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What does “suspended indefinitely” mean?
An indefinite suspension is a pause on the right to practise with no fixed end date. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession until the regulator reviews the case and decides the suspension can be lifted. Indefinite suspensions are imposed in the most serious cases, often where a fixed period would not adequately protect the public.
Concerning Michael Isima, doctor (General Medical Council 6121387).
Decision date: 9 May 2025 · Hearing started 9 May 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a non-compliance case for Michael Isima. It recorded the decision on impairment as not recorded and imposed an indefinite suspension. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 2. This is the fourth review of Dr Isima’s case following a Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT) non-compliance hearing which took place on 14 to 15 October 2021 (‘the 2021 Tribunal’), a first review hearing on 29 July 2022 (‘the 2022 Tribunal’), a second review hearing on 26 April 2023 (‘the 2023 Tribunal’) and a third review hearing on 17 May 2024 (‘the 2024 Tribunal’). 3. The General Medical Council (GMC) is conducting an investigation into Dr Isima’s fitness to practise in respect of concerns raised about his clinical performance. These concerns arose following locum placements as a Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Luton and Dunstable Hospital between June and October 2019 and Milton Keynes University Hospital between 4 and 7 October 2019. The fitness to practise concerns were initially brought to the attention of the GMC in April 2020 by Dr Isima’s Responsible Officer, who advised that Dr Isima was involved in a Serious Incident in 2019 which resulted in a neonatal death. The GMC case examiner subsequently summarised the concerns as follows: • poor communication skills; • poor record keeping; • acting outside the limits of his competence; • failure to make decisions on management plans; • no sense of urgency when asked to review patients; • delaying procedures inappropriately; • ignoring colleague advice; Record of Determinations Medical Practitioners Tribunal MPT: Dr ISIMA 3 • an inability to explain how he kept his professional portfolio up to date as a locum, and; • a general lack of insight into his clinical performance. The 2021 Tribunal hearing 4. On 28 January 2021, Dr Isima was directed to undergo an assessment of his performance, under Rule 7(3) and Schedule 1 of the GMC (Fitness to Practise) Rules (2004), as amended (‘the Rules’)...
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a non-compliance case for Michael Isima. The detail page records impairment as not recorded and the tribunal imposed an indefinite suspension.
Source
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