DoctorGeneral Medical Council 5199357
Chirag Patel
Chirag Patel, doctor (General Medical Council 5199357). Most recent decision: Suspended from practice (the regulator’s term: suspension) on 16 April 2026 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
Current status
Most recent outcome: Suspended from practice (the regulator’s term: suspension) for 8 months, decided 16 April 2026 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
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.
View the source determination on Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
Decisions and hearings
Medical Practitioners Tribunal Servicesubstantive hearing
Suspended from practice· 8 months
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Chirag Patel's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. Dr Patel, a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University Hospital of Wales, admitted he engaged in a sexual relationship with a patient who was vulnerable by reason of her physical health, sent her explicit images of himself, and prescribed her controlled medication outside proper clinical processes including without telling her GP. The tribunal suspended his registration for 8 months.
Practitioner details
- Qualified in
- India
- Year qualified
- 1994
- Specialty
- neurosurgery
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