DoctorGeneral Medical Council 6137192
Sahar Kareem
Sahar Kareem, doctor (General Medical Council 6137192). Most recent decision: Practising with restrictions (the regulator’s term: conditions on practice) on 1 April 2026 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
Current status
Most recent outcome: Practising with restrictions (the regulator’s term: conditions on practice) for 2 years, decided 1 April 2026 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
What does “practising with restrictions” mean?
Conditions of practice allow the practitioner to keep working but only subject to specific restrictions — for example, supervision, limits on certain procedures, or required reporting to the regulator.
View the source determination on Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
Decisions and hearings
Medical Practitioners Tribunal Servicesubstantive hearing
Practising with restrictions· 2 years
The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Sahar Kareem, a GP in Bedfordshire, drank alcohol at work on 12 April 2023 and was found collapsed at her surgery. Later in 2023 she was convicted of drink driving and being drunk in charge of a child, receiving a suspended prison sentence. She also failed to tell the GMC about the charges. The tribunal imposed conditions on her registration for 24 months with a review and an immediate order of conditions.
Practitioner details
- Qualified in
- Pakistan
- Year qualified
- 2004
- Specialty
- General Practice
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