Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determination — other
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Concerning Sharareh Brealey, doctor (General Medical Council 4097152).
Decision date: 21 November 2025 · Hearing started 21 November 2025
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal held a preliminary hearing to decide whether seven witnesses in Dr Brealey's case should be allowed to give evidence by video link as vulnerable witnesses. The tribunal set aside an earlier case management direction and found that none of the seven witnesses met the legal test for vulnerability. The tribunal directed that all witnesses must attend the hearing in person to give oral evidence. No decision was made on the substantive allegations against Dr Brealey at this stage.
Charges
Dr Brealey faces allegations that between 2021 and 2024, while employed as Medical Director at the GSK Clinical Unit in Cambridge, she acted inappropriately towards multiple colleagues including alleged bullying and abuse of her senior position.
Findings
This was a preliminary hearing to determine whether seven GMC witnesses should be treated as vulnerable witnesses and allowed to give evidence via video link. The tribunal set aside a case management direction granting special measures, finding that none of the seven witnesses satisfied the relevant legal test for vulnerability. The tribunal directed that all witnesses attend in person to give oral evidence. No findings of fact or impairment were made at this stage.
Source
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