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 Mukhtar Hussain, doctor (General Medical Council 5179929).
Decision date: 3 December 2025 · Hearing started 1 December 2025 and ended 3 December 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Hussain was convicted on 2 March 2023 at Chelmsford Crown Court of doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice, having attended a complainant's address with £5,000 and a retraction statement. He was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment on 5 February 2025. The tribunal assessed the risk to public protection as high, found a persistent lack of insight, and determined that erasure was the only proportionate sanction. An immediate order was imposed.
Charges
The GMC alleged that on 2 March 2023 at Chelmsford Crown Court, Dr Hussain was convicted of doing an act tending and intending to pervert the course of justice, in that on 12 April 2021 he attended Patient A's address with £5,000 and a retraction statement, intending to pervert the course of public justice. On 5 February 2025 he was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment. Both allegations were found proved. Dr Hussain was not present and not represented at the hearing.
Findings
The Tribunal found the allegation proved in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Conviction. It determined that Dr Hussain's fitness to practise was impaired and assessed the risk to public protection as high, with all three limbs of public protection engaged. The Tribunal found Dr Hussain showed very limited and persistent lack of insight, had provided no evidence of remediation, and had attempted to downplay the seriousness of his offending in his written representations. The Tribunal concluded that erasure was the only proportionate and appropriate sanction. An immediate order was imposed.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Aggravating factors
Dr Hussain demonstrated very limited insight, which had persisted despite the passage of time from his 2023 conviction. He provided no evidence of remediation. In written representations he sought to downplay his offending and requested conditions of practice rather than acknowledging the gravity of his conviction. He was absent from the hearing.
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