DoctorGeneral Medical Council 3481923
Fergus Douds
Fergus Douds, doctor (General Medical Council 3481923). Most recent decision: No impairment found on 7 November 2025 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
Current status
Most recent outcome: No impairment found, decided 7 November 2025 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
What does “no impairment found” mean?
The regulator considered the case and found that the practitioner's fitness to practise was not currently impaired. No restrictions are imposed.
View the source determination on Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
Decisions and hearings
Medical Practitioners Tribunal Servicesubstantive hearing
No impairment found
The MPTS tribunal found that the GMC had not proved its allegation that Dr Fergus Douds slapped a colleague's face on 24 June 2022. The tribunal found the single charge not proved on the balance of probabilities. No finding of impairment was made and the case was concluded in Dr Douds' favour.
Practitioner details
- Qualified in
- United Kingdom
- Year qualified
- 1991
- Specialty
- Psychiatry
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