Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — review hearing
MPTS review extends conditions on Dr David Adams for 12 months over dishonesty finding
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service review, conducted on the papers, has found Dr David Adams' fitness to practise remains impaired by misconduct over his failure to declare a 2019 drink-driving conviction to the GMC, and extended conditions on his registration for a further 12 months.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 2 June 2026 · Updated 7 July 2026
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Concerning David Adams, doctor (General Medical Council 6145745).
Decision date: 2 June 2026 · Hearing started 2 June 2026
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr David Adams' fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct. His case concerned dishonesty in failing to declare a 2019 drink-driving conviction to the GMC. Reviewing his case on the papers, the tribunal noted clear progress but decided he had not yet provided the reflective evidence a previous tribunal had recommended, and extended the conditions on his registration for a further 12 months.
Charges
The underlying misconduct, first considered by a 2022 Medical Practitioners Tribunal, concerned Dr Adams' conviction for a criminal offence on 10 October 2019 (drink driving) and his subsequent dishonesty. The 2022 Tribunal found he had acted dishonestly by failing to declare the conviction in his application to restore his name to the medical register, and that he had failed to inform the GMC of the conviction after being restored to the register on 17 December 2019. It found that this dishonesty and failure to declare amounted to serious misconduct.
Findings
Reviewing the case on the papers with the agreement of both parties, the Legally Qualified Chair determined that Dr Adams' fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of his misconduct. It found clear evidence of progress in his developing insight, but noted that he had not provided the reflective evidence recommended by the 2024 review Tribunal and had moved to a non-clinical advisory role. All three GMC Associates concluded he remained impaired.
Source
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