Medical register insights
Why UK doctors are struck off
This analysis groups published doctor erasure determinations into broad reason categories using the regulator-described charges, findings, and summaries indexed by MedicWatch. The figures describe MedicWatch's indexed corpus of published regulator determinations, not all healthcare misconduct.
56
published erasure determinations analysed
56
matched at least one specific reason category
12 May 2025
earliest decision date in this view
26 June 2026
latest decision date in this view
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Categorised reasons in published erasure decisions
Records
30 of 56
53.6%
Criminal conviction
29 of 56
51.8%
Clinical care
22 of 56
39.3%
Sexual misconduct
18 of 56
32.1%
Workplace conduct
18 of 56
32.1%
Patient safety
15 of 56
26.8%
Dishonesty
13 of 56
23.2%
Consent and dignity
12 of 56
21.4%
Health and substance
10 of 56
17.9%
Medicines and drugs
9 of 56
16.1%
Non-engagement
4 of 56
7.1%
Category table
| Category | Count | Share | What this includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Records, paperwork, and administration | 30 | 53.6% | Findings involving record keeping, notes, paperwork, documentation, or administrative compliance. |
| Criminal conviction or caution | 29 | 51.8% | Findings where the published determination refers to a criminal conviction, caution, court sentence, or criminal offence. |
| Clinical care and competence | 22 | 39.3% | Findings involving clinical care, treatment, diagnosis, competence, performance, or professional skill. |
| Sexual misconduct and boundaries | 18 | 32.1% | Regulator-described findings involving sexual misconduct, sexualised behaviour, or professional-boundary violations. |
| Workplace conduct and colleagues | 18 | 32.1% | Findings involving colleagues, workplace behaviour, bullying, harassment, or employer-related conduct. |
| Patient safety and safeguarding | 15 | 26.8% | Findings involving patient safety, safeguarding, vulnerable people, child protection, or risk of harm. |
| Dishonesty and false records | 13 | 23.2% | Findings involving dishonesty, fraud, forged documents, false statements, or misleading records. |
| Communication, consent, and dignity | 12 | 21.4% | Findings involving consent, communication, dignity, confidentiality, or patient information. |
| Health, alcohol, or substance concerns | 10 | 17.9% | Findings involving health concerns, alcohol, substance misuse, or health-related impairment. |
| Medicines, prescribing, and drugs | 9 | 16.1% | Findings involving prescribing, medicines management, controlled drugs, medication errors, or drug misuse. |
| Non-engagement with the regulator | 4 | 7.1% | Findings involving failure to engage, non-compliance, breach of conditions, or failure to cooperate with the regulator. |
Example source-backed determinations
Records, paperwork, and administration
12 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
12 November 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
31 October 2025Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
Criminal conviction or caution
26 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
12 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
29 May 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
Clinical care and competence
9 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
29 May 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
23 March 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
Sexual misconduct and boundaries
10 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
9 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
29 May 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
Workplace conduct and colleagues
26 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
12 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
12 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
Patient safety and safeguarding
26 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
10 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
9 June 2026Medical Practitioners Tribunal ServiceDoctor
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.
Methodology and limits
This page analyses published erasure and voluntary-erasure determinations in the MedicWatch indexed corpus. It does not claim to measure all misconduct in UK healthcare or every regulator decision ever made.
MedicWatch applies a fixed taxonomy to regulator-derived charges, findings, and plain-English summaries. A determination can match more than one category, so category percentages may add up to more than 100%. The denominator for each percentage on this page is 56 published determinations.
Categories describe broad themes in the regulator's published findings. They are not new allegations by MedicWatch. Follow the linked source determinations for the full wording and context.
For citation, describe this as “MedicWatch analysis of its indexed corpus of published UK healthcare regulator erasure determinations”. Do not describe it as a measure of all UK healthcare misconduct.