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 Nicholas Chapman, doctor (General Medical Council 4145268).
Decision date: 8 July 2025 · Hearing started 23 June 2025 and ended 8 July 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution, misconduct case for Nicholas Chapman. 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: 2. Dr Chapman qualified with MB ChB in 1993 at the University of Cape Town. At the time of the alleged events Dr Chapman was practising as a full time GP partner at XXX. Misconduct 3. Dr Chapman is alleged to have engaged in a course of conduct between 2016 and 2021 towards Ms A that constituted sexual harassment, was sexually motivated and was an abuse of his more senior position. Conviction 4. On 15 June 2023 at Gloucester Crown Court, Dr Chapman was convicted of attempting to cause a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. On 06 July 2023 Dr Chapman was made subject to a twelve-month Community Order and a Restraining Order for a period of 10 years. Dr Chapman was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for a period of five years. Record of Determinations – Medical Practitioners Tribunal MPT: Dr CHAPMAN 3 5. The matters that formed the subject of Dr Chapman’s conviction are as follows. In September 2021 Dr Chapman gave Ms B a cup of coffee. She was concerned that a substance had been placed in her drink and reported the incident to the police. Forensics confirmed that the coffee contained semen and that it had a DNA profile matching that of Dr Chapman.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a conviction / caution, misconduct case for Nicholas Chapman. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.
Source
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