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DoctorGeneral Medical Council 7836122

Shahmeen Rasul

Currently suspended

Shahmeen Rasul, doctor (General Medical Council 7836122). Most recent decision: Suspension (suspended from practice) on 15 April 2026 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.

Last verified against the General Medical Council register on 10 July 2026.

Current status

Most recent outcome: Suspension (suspended from practice) for 3 months, decided 15 April 2026 by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. This sanction period has elapsed.

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.

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Decisions and hearings

  1. Medical Practitioners Tribunal Servicesubstantive hearing

    Suspension(suspended from practice)· 3 months(period elapsed)

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Shahmeen Rasul, while working as a Foundation Year 2 doctor in Belfast in 2024, dishonestly completed and signed a professional reference in the name of a consultant cardiologist without his knowledge or agreement, and submitted it to a locum agency. The tribunal found her insight into the dishonesty was still developing and that the risk to public protection was medium. It suspended her registration for three months and directed a review hearing.

Practitioner details

Qualified in
United Kingdom
Year qualified
2021

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