Dr Ayesha AFZAL
Doctor- Decision on impairment
- Hearing not yet held
- Outcome
- Hearing not yet held
- Type of case
- Misconduct
- Hearing start date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Hearing end date
- 01 Jul 2025
- Hearing venue
- Virtual hearing Contact us about viewing a hearing
- GMC reference number
- 6092746
- Area of practice
- West Suffolk
- Profession
- Doctor
Pre hearing information
- Allegation
The tribunal will inquire into the allegation that, on 20 September 2021, whilst working as a Duty Doctor on an acute adult mental health ward, Dr Afzal grabbed Patient A and began to drag him across the floor. It is alleged that Dr Afzal knew that Patient A was vulnerable by reason of his mental health.
- Decisions
- All decisions are published online within 28 days of the conclusion of the hearing.
- Journalists
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- Private hearings
- In accordance with Rule 41(2) of the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004, the tribunal may decide to exclude the public from the proceedings or any part of the proceedings, where they consider that the circumstances of the case outweigh the public interest in holding the hearing in public.