Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — substantive hearing
Suspended from practice — 4 months
The regulator’s term: suspension
What does “suspended from practice” mean?
A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. At the end of the period the suspension may be extended, replaced with another sanction, or lifted on review.
Concerning Aftab Gill, doctor (General Medical Council 4499826).
Decision date: 15 May 2025 · Hearing started 12 May 2025 and ended 15 May 2025
This sanction period has elapsed.
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Aftab Gill. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and imposed a 4-month suspension. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 1. Dr Gill studied for his (MBChB) at the University of Bristol and obtained his GMC registration via United Examining Board Licentiate Exams in 1998. Dr Gill obtained his Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (UK) in 2004. He commenced his role as a Consultant Cardiologist at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust (‘the Trust’), on 1 October 2012. 2. Dr Gill had a licence to practise from 16 November 2009. On 25 June 2023 a decision was made by an Assistant Registrar at the GMC to withdraw Dr Gill’s licence to practise due to non-engagement in the appraisal processes. His licence was subsequently revoked on 3 August 2023. Dr Gill made an application to have his licence restored on 10 August 2023. Dr Gill’s licence to practise was restored on 6 September 2023 and email confirmation of this was sent to Dr Gill from the GMC on 6 September 2023. 3. The circumstances which have led to
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Aftab Gill. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 4-month suspension.
Source
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