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 Thomas Kwan, doctor (General Medical Council 4298427).
Decision date: 17 September 2025 · Hearing started 15 September 2025 and ended 17 September 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Thomas Kwan. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.
Charges
The MPTS PDF background states: 1. Dr Kwan qualified in 1996 at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. At the time of the events Dr Kwan was practising as a General Practitioner at the Happy House Surgery in Sunderland. 2.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Thomas Kwan. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.
Source
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