Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — review hearing
Voluntary removal from the register
The regulator’s term: voluntary erasure accepted
What does “voluntary removal from the register” mean?
The practitioner asked to be removed from the register and the regulator accepted the request. This may happen during or after a fitness-to-practise case.
Concerning Piotr Pierzchniak, doctor (General Medical Council 3200700).
Decision date: 11 February 2026 · Hearing started 19 November 2025 and ended 11 February 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Piotr Pierzchniak's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct. He had practised medicine between February and May 2022 when his licence had been withdrawn. After a substantive hearing and three review hearings during which he provided little evidence of remediation or insight, the tribunal granted his application for voluntary erasure on 11 February 2026, concluding exceptional circumstances applied and that this would protect patients and maintain public confidence.
Charges
Between 18 February and 25 May 2022, Dr Pierzchniak undertook medical activities for which a licence to practise was required when he knew, or ought to have known, that his licence had been withdrawn on 18 February 2022.
Findings
The Tribunal determined that Dr Pierzchniak's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct. He had not engaged with the fitness to practise process and had provided no evidence of insight, remediation or continuing professional development since previous review hearings. The Tribunal determined to grant Dr Pierzchniak's application for Voluntary Erasure, finding that the combination of his personal circumstances, the length of time already suspended (almost two years), his stated intention not to return to practice, and the relative position of the misconduct on the spectrum of seriousness amounted to exceptional circumstances.
Source
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