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 Charles Anigala, doctor (General Medical Council 6039186).
Decision date: 9 October 2025 · Hearing started 6 October 2025 and ended 9 October 2025
This sanction period has elapsed.
In plain English
The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Charles Anigala. 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 Anigala qualified as a doctor at the University of Lagos in 1998. He initially practiced medicine in Nigeria before moving to Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, where he completed further examinations. Immediately prior to the events which have led to this hearing Dr Anigala had working as a long-term locum position at Altnagelvin Hospital in Northern Ireland (‘the Hospital’). Immediately prior to the events which have led to this hearing, (‘the Events’) Dr Anigala had been working in this position for over 8 years. 2.
Findings
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal considered a misconduct case for Charles Anigala. The detail page records impairment as impaired and the tribunal imposed a 4-month suspension.
Source
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