DoctorGeneral Medical Council 6079351
Attiya Sheikh
Attiya Sheikh, doctor (General Medical Council 6079351). Most recent decision: Struck off the register (the regulator’s term: erasure) on 10 February 2026 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
Current status
Most recent outcome: Struck off the register (the regulator’s term: erasure), decided 10 February 2026 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
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.
View the source determination on Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
Decisions and hearings
Medical Practitioners Tribunal Servicesubstantive hearing
Struck off the register
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Attiya Sheikh's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of her conviction. In May 2025 she was convicted of handling stolen personal protective equipment taken from NHS Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic and was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment. The tribunal concluded the offending was premeditated, persistent and connected to her role as a doctor, and that she had shown no meaningful insight or remediation. On 10 February 2026 it directed that her name be erased from the medical register and imposed an immediate order.
Practitioner details
- Qualified in
- Pakistan
- Year qualified
- 2002
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