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UK doctors struck off the register

Being struck off removes the practitioner from the register. They are not permitted to practise that regulated profession in the UK while the erasure remains in force. This page is generated from source-backed determinations already published on MedicWatch.

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  • Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor

    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Deepu Alkere Nanjundaswamy

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Deepu Alkere Nanjundaswamy's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of a conviction and misconduct. It found he had been convicted of a drink-related driving offence, failed to tell the GMC, consumed alcohol while on duty in an emergency department, slapped a woman while intoxicated in breach of interim conditions, and then left the UK while facing a criminal charge. The tribunal erased his name from the medical register.

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    Richard Bowley

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Richard Bowley, a doctor, dishonestly claimed payments under an income protection insurance policy by declaring on a claim form that he had not worked and could not work as a GP, when he had in fact been working as a locum GP. It found his fitness to practise impaired by misconduct. The tribunal, which also reviewed an existing suspension for improperly accessing a colleague's medical records, directed that his name be erased from the Medical Register.

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    Salah-ud-Din Taj

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Salah-ud-Din Taj had criminal convictions in Australia for 14 offences over four months, including a threat to kill, stalking and breaching court orders. It also found he dishonestly failed to declare these convictions when applying to the GMC in 2018 and to an NHS trust in 2019, and misrepresented his work history. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired and erased his name from the medical register.

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    Alaaeldin Kamel

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Alaaeldin Kamel, a doctor, fabricated four reports and repeatedly sent them to the General Medical Council to use at his interim and tribunal hearings, breaching conditions on his registration. It found this dishonesty was deliberate and repeated over about a year, and that his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct. The tribunal decided that his conduct was incompatible with continued registration and directed that his name be erased from the Medical Register.

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    Elliot Burns

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Elliot Burns, a GP, engaged in an improper emotional and sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient between July 2013 and March 2015, including exchanging sexualised messages and images and three instances of sexual activity while she was his patient. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by his misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register.

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    Matthew Jones

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Matthew Jones, a GP, carried out sexually motivated examinations of two patients in 2015 that were not clinically indicated, touching their genital areas, and that one patient was vulnerable due to her mental health. It also found he took sexual photographs of himself on a hospital landing in 2019. The tribunal decided his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Simon Moran

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Simon Moran's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct. His case concerned dishonesty: before retiring he had used a colleague's prescription pads to prescribe medication to himself and a close relative. At this second review the tribunal noted he had not engaged with the regulator or shown any insight or remediation across two previous hearings, and decided to erase his name from the medical register.

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    Andrew Neil Hopper

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Andrew Neil Hopper's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his criminal conviction. In September 2025 he was convicted at Truro Crown Court of two counts of fraud by false representation, over insurance claims worth more than £460,000, and three counts of possession of extreme pornographic images, and was sentenced to 32 months in prison. The tribunal found he had shown no meaningful insight and erased his name from the medical register.

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    Mohan Babu

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Mohan Babu's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of his conviction. In January 2024 he was convicted at Portsmouth Crown Court of four counts of sexual assault against three female patients, committed while he worked as a locum GP, and was sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment. The tribunal found the conduct incompatible with continued registration, erased his name from the medical register and imposed an immediate order of suspension.

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    Mark Westbrook

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Mark Westbrook, a retired GP, was convicted at Newport Magistrates' Court in November 2025 of three offences of making indecent images of children, for which he received a suspended prison sentence, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a 10-year notification requirement. The tribunal found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of his conviction and, noting the high risk to public protection and absence of insight or remediation, erased his name from the medical register.

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    Keith Wolverson

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Keith Wolverson's fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct relating to inappropriate conduct with a patient in 2018, dishonesty about his reasons, and later working as a locum doctor while suspended in November 2022. He did not attend the hearing and had disengaged from the regulator since May 2025. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register.

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    Jonathon Dean

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Jonathon Dean, an anaesthetic trainee, injected a woman with anaesthetic drugs in her bedroom in December 2018 for sexual purposes, without the equipment to monitor her safely. He also admitted attending two London hospitals against instructions and was later convicted at Cambridge Crown Court of nine counts of theft and one of possessing a Class A drug, receiving 25 months in prison. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register.

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    Baraa Almasri

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Baraa Almasri's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct. It found that, between January 2019 and December 2020, he exchanged WhatsApp messages with a man later sentenced to life imprisonment for grievous bodily harm offences, and that his messages were capable of encouraging or assisting those offences. The tribunal also found that he knew the activities were illegal, failed to inform any authority, and refused to give the police access to his devices. It directed that his name be erased from the medical register.

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    Ju Young Um

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ju Young Um's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction for 23 voyeurism offences in Glasgow in April 2025, for which he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment with a 9-month extended licence period and placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for 10 years. The conviction concerned covert recordings of 28 victims in his home and in hospital staff accommodation between 2020 and 2023. The tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register and imposed an immediate order of suspension.

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    Thomas O'Neill

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Thomas O'Neill's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction and ordered that his name be erased from the medical register. At Edinburgh Sheriff Court on 17 February 2025 he was convicted of communicating indecently with a 15-year-old child between November 2019 and May 2020 by sending sexually explicit messages and intimate images, and was made subject to the sex offender notification requirements. The tribunal found no evidence of insight or remediation and imposed an immediate order so that the suspension takes effect at once.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Attiya Sheikh

    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.

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    Ian Hudson

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ian Hudson's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his conviction and misconduct. In July 2024 he was convicted of two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child after sexualised online exchanges in 2023 with undercover police officers posing as children. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment (suspended), placed on the sex offenders register for ten years and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He had also delayed notifying the GMC. On 3 February 2026 the tribunal directed that his name be erased from the medical register, with an immediate order.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Velmurugan Kuppuswamy

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Velmurugan Kuppuswamy's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and directed his erasure from the Medical Register. The tribunal found he had engaged in sexual harassment and sexually motivated conduct towards two junior female colleagues while working as a locum consultant. It noted he had previously been erased for dishonesty in 2012 before being restored in 2020, and found limited meaningful insight and a risk of repetition. An immediate order was imposed pending appeal.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Saheb Peer Shabaz Khalander

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Saheb Peer Shabaz Khalander sexually harassed a junior colleague, Ms A, on 31 May 2022 by touching her thigh in a sexually motivated manner while she sought his clinical advice. The tribunal found his conduct lay at the high end of the spectrum of seriousness and that he had demonstrated no meaningful insight or remediation. The tribunal directed his erasure from the Medical Register and imposed an immediate suspension order.

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    Alan Campbell

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Alan Campbell's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of a conviction at Downpatrick Crown Court for possession and making of indecent photographs of children. The tribunal found the offending spanned 2014 to 2022, involved 211 illegal images and videos including Category A material, and that he had extremely limited insight and had provided no evidence of remediation. The tribunal directed his erasure from the Medical Register.

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    Mohammed Munaf

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Mohammed Munaf's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and directed his erasure from the Medical Register. The tribunal found he had repeatedly posted antisemitic, racist and sexist content on social media over a two-year period, had dishonestly issued a sick note while his licence was suspended by an interim order, and had breached his interim conditions. The tribunal found no evidence of insight or remediation.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Samuel Stefan

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Stefan engaged in repeated acts of sexually motivated conduct towards three junior colleagues at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth between August 2022 and February 2023. The tribunal found the conduct constituted sexual harassment, was an abuse of his more senior position, and continued after Trust and police investigations. The tribunal found no insight, remorse, or remediation, and determined that erasure was the only appropriate and proportionate sanction.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Mukhtar Hussain

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Hussain was convicted on 2 March 2023 at Chelmsford Crown Court of doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice, having attended a complainant's address with £5,000 and a retraction statement. He was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment on 5 February 2025. The tribunal assessed the risk to public protection as high, found a persistent lack of insight, and determined that erasure was the only proportionate sanction. An immediate order was imposed.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Wayne Davis

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Davis was convicted on 14 December 2023 at Manchester Crown Court of indecent assault and assault by penetration against two female patients during consultations in 1995 and 2006. He was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment. The tribunal found no insight or remediation, assessed the risk to public protection as high, and determined erasure was the only appropriate sanction. An immediate order was imposed.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Dr Arunoday

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Arunoday committed serious sexual misconduct against a colleague, Ms A, on more than one occasion while working as a Neonatal Consultant at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. The tribunal found that his actions constituted rape, predatory behaviour, and an abuse of his more senior position. The tribunal found his fitness to practise impaired and decided that erasure from the Medical Register was the only appropriate sanction. Dr Arunoday has lodged an appeal against the tribunal's decisions, and his registration remains suspended while the appeal is considered.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Ayesha Khan

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Ayesha Khan was convicted in October 2022 of dishonestly forging multiple prescriptions to obtain controlled drugs for herself, and of failing to disclose her prior conviction and a GMC warning when applying for employment. The tribunal determined that her fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct and conviction. Due to the persistent nature of her dishonesty across several years and her lack of insight, the tribunal decided that erasure from the Medical Register was the only appropriate sanction.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Masud Prodhan

    The MPTS tribunal found that Dr Masud Prodhan self-prescribed medication by issuing prescriptions to a close personal contact on seven occasions over nearly four years, then denied this in a formal NHS investigation witness statement and again in a subsequent interview. His practices also had multiple CQC regulatory failures. The tribunal found his fitness to practise impaired and, despite his admissions and personal circumstances, determined that his persistent dishonesty and limited insight made erasure from the Medical Register the only appropriate sanction. Dr Prodhan has lodged an appeal.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Olubunmi Adeagbo-Sheikh

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct, conviction / caution case for Olubunmi Adeagbo-Sheikh. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Emmanuel Hakem

    The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Emmanuel Hakem. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Jane Lim

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Jane Lim. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Steven Roberts

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Steven Roberts. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Dharmesh Shah

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Dharmesh Shah. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Thomas Herbst

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Thomas Herbst. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Sariyah Al-Hallao

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Sariyah Al-Hallao. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Douglas Brown

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Douglas Brown. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Georgi Tsakov

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Georgi Tsakov. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Thomas Kwan

    The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Thomas Kwan. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Joseph Onwude

    The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution, misconduct case for Joseph Onwude. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Carlos Gomes De Sanches Damas

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Carlos Gomes De Sanches Damas. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Ijaz Khan

    The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Ijaz Khan. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Oliver Smith

    The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Oliver Smith. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Stephen Cox

    The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Stephen Cox. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Sayed Talibi

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Sayed Talibi. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Anthony Dixon

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Anthony Dixon. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Amanda Booth

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for Amanda Booth. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Nicholas Chapman

    The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution, misconduct case for Nicholas Chapman. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Erasure(struck off the register)

    Elroy Weledji

    The MPTS tribunal considered a performance case for Elroy Weledji. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Arun Bagga

    The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Arun Bagga. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    Lukasz Woda

    The MPTS tribunal considered a conviction / caution case for Lukasz Woda. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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    David Cartland

    The MPTS tribunal considered a misconduct case for David Cartland. It recorded the decision on impairment as impaired and directed erasure from the medical register. The source PDF contains the tribunal's published reasons, with any private material redacted where required.

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