Who makes the decisions?

A

Mrs Sirah Abraham

LLB (Hons)

Lay  

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Barrister; Justice Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Professor Marios Adamou

MD, MA, MSc, LLM, MBA, PGCE, PGCert (Public Health), PGCert (Philosophy), PhD, IRMCert, FRCPsych, Hon FFOM, FHEA, FMLM, FRSPH, CMgr FCMI, CDir FIoD

Registrant  

Tribunal Member since 2025; Consultant Psychiatrist, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Non-Executive Director, NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board.

Mrs Fareth Ahmed

BA (Hons)

Lay 

Tribunal Member since 2023; Litigation Manager, Home Office.

Dr Iftikhar Ahmed

MA (Medical Ethics & Law), MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, FCARCSI, FRCA, MSc (Healthcare Leadership)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant Anaesthetist, Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Former Consultant Anaesthetist, Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust (2009 – 2015); Member, Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association; Member, Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland.

Mrs Remi (Oluremi) Alabi

LLB (Law)

Lay 

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Crown Prosecuting Solicitor, Crown Prosecution Service; Panel Member, Teachers Regulatory Agency; Member, The Law Society.

Professor John (Juan) Alcolado

DM, BM (Hons), FRCP

Registrant

Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal Member since 2015; Medical Examiner, NHS Wales Shared Services; Consultant Physician, Royal Derby Hospital; Interim Dean, Medical Education, Aston Medical School; Deputy Head, Aston Medical School; Former Head of Division, Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine; Former Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Life Sciences, University of Chester (2020 – 2023); Former Deputy Head, School of Medicine, Nottingham University School of Medicine; Former Head, Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham. 

Dr Fatima Ali

BSc, MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, PGCert

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; General Practitioner, Leach Heath Medical Centre; Former Committee Member, British Medical Association Junior Members’ Forum, 2022-2023; Former Trainee General Practitioner, Birmingham, 2021-2024; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

Ms Sally Allbeury

BA (Hons) 

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Conduct Panel Lay Member, Chartered Association of Building Engineers; Lay Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Member, Service Parole Board of England and Wales; Former Ombudsman, Financial Ombudsman Service.  

Ms Jenny Appleton

LLB, Bar Vocational Diploma, QLTS

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; First-Tier Tribunal Judge, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber (Mental Health and Care Standards); Legal Adviser, General Dental Council; Former Legally Qualified Chair, Health and Care Professions Council; Former Legal Adviser, HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS); Former Trustee, UK-Med; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL).

Mrs Catherine Audcent

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal Member since 2012; First-Tier Tribunal Judge, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber (SEND); Lay Chair, Fitness to Practise Panel, Social Work England; Lay Chair, Disciplinary Committee, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

B

Dr Marta Babores (Babores Raset)

LMS, MRCP, FRCP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; Consultant Physician, East Cheshire NHS Trust; Member, Royal College of Physicians; Member, British Thoracic Society; Member, British Medical Association.

Mrs Natalie Banks

BA (Law), MSc, Solicitor

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Panel Chair, The Parole Board; Panel Chair, The Nursing and Midwifery Council; Qualified Solicitor, Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

Mrs Fiona Barnett

LLB (Hons), Solicitor

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair and Legal Assessor at MPTS since 2019; Independent Legal Assessor, Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors; External Clerk, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy; Independent Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Independent Legal Assessor, General Dental Council; Former Independent Legal Assessor, Association for Chartered Certified Accountants; Former External Clerk, Architects Registration Board; Former Associate Solicitor – Regulatory, Walker Morris Solicitors, Leeds; Former Crown Prosecutor, Senior Crown Prosecutor and Divisional Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, West Yorkshire; Former Lay Tribunal Member, GMC (2006-2010); Former Lay Tribunal Chair, GMC/MPTS (2010-2017); Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.  

Miss Gill (Gillian) Batts KC

LLB (Law), BVC

Lay 

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Self-Employed Barrister, Park Square Barristers; Former Member, New Park Court Chambers until 2012.

Dr John Baxendale

MBChB, FRCEM

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Emergency Medicine Consultant, Northern Care Alliance; Medical Examiner, Tameside General Hospital; Life Support Courses Instructor, 2222 Training LTD.

Dr Neal Beckett

MB, BCh, BAO, FFR RCSI, MPhil, MA

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Consultant Anaesthetist, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust since 2004; Member, Victims’ Payments Board, Northern Ireland since 2023; Former Consultant Anaesthetist, Lagan Valley Hospital, 2003-2004; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Northern Ireland Ethics Forum.

Dr Jennifer Bedford

MB ChB, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; GP Partner, Stanhope Mews West Surgery, London; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society; GP Training Programme Director, Riverside scheme, London

Dr Jill Belch OBE

MBChB, MD (Hons), FRCP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2016; Professor of Vascular Medicine, University of Dundee; Clinical Trial PI/adjudicator, CR20; Trustee of 2 Health-related charities, Scottish Heart and Arterial Risk Prevention (SHARP), and UK Health and Climate Change Commission (UKHACC); Co-Chair, Guidelines Committee, European Society of Vascular Medicine; Member, British Medical Association (BMA); Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh; Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences

Dr Juliet Bennett

MBChB, MRCGP (Distinction), DRCOG, DFSRH, PGCME

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Sessional GP, Churchmere Medical Group, Shropshire; GP Appraiser and Appraisal Lead, Appraisal and Revalidation Team, NHS England (Midlands); Former GP Partner, The Meadows Medical Practice (2011-2024); Former Salaried GP, Shropshire (2003-2011); Former GP Trainer and Medical Student Tutor, Keele University; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare; Member, Medical Protection Society.

Miss Rachel Birks

LLB (Hons), Dip (Legal Practice), Dip (Management)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Former Legal Adviser, Social Work England (2019-2025); Partner, Ward Hadaway Law Firm; Former Chair, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (2022-2024); Governor, Parrs Wood High School; Former Trustee, Greater Manchester Learning Trust; Former Volunteer, Quality and Assurance Team, St Johns Ambulance (2018-2019); Former Employee and Director, Fieldfisher LLP (2007-2016); Former employee, General Medical Council (2003-2007); Former employee, Berrymans Lace Mawer (1998-2003); Member Ex-officio Committee Member , Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Member, Women in the Law UK. 

Mr Simon Bond

LLB (Hons), LLM, FCIArb

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Director, Bond Legal Ltd; Associate Consultant, Ibex Gale Ltd; Licence Committee Member, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; Former Partner, Higgs & Sons solicitors; Member, Law Society, England and Wales; Member, Employment Lawyers Association; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Mrs Emma Boothroyd

LLB, BVC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Non-Practising Barrister; Solicitor;  Financial Ombudsman; Case Examiner, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Legal Assessor, General Optical Council; Legal Assessor, Health and Care Professions Council; Independent Complaints Assessor, Phone Paid Services Authority; Legally Qualified Chair, Conduct Competence Committee, Architects Registration Board; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Panels, Wales; Former Investigating Committee Member, General Medical Council; Former Chair, Fitness to Practice Panel, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Adjudicator, Solicitors Regulation Authority. 

Dr Ronan Brennan

MBBCh, FRCPsych

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2011; Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Member, Medical Protection Society. 

Dr Deborah Brooke

MRCGP, MRCPsych, MPhil, MD

Registrant

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2012; Medical Appraisal Lead, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Former Psychiatrist, Practitioner Health Programme; Former Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (1996-2016); Former Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry (1994-1996); Former Medical Examiner and Supervisor, General Medical Council; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists. 

C

Dr Alison Calver

MA (Cantab), MBBS, MD, FBCS, FRCP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Consultant Cardiologist, University Hospital Southampton; Former Chair, Specialist Advisory Committee in Cardiology; Former Trustee, British Cardiovascular Society; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Royal College of Physicians; Member, British Cardiovascular Society; Member, British Cardiovascular Intervention Society.

Mr Richard Campbell

LLB (Hons), LLM, BVC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Barrister, Self-Employed; Deputy District Judge, South-Eastern Circuit; Member, Personal Injuries Bar Association; Member, The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. 

Mr Stephen Chappell

LLB (Hons), Solicitor 

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Tribunal Member since 2023; Legally Qualified Adviser to Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA); Legally Qualified Adviser to Police Misconduct Panels (Eastern, Midlands, North East, North West); Non-Executive Director Valuation Tribunal Service; Lay Panel Member Primary Care Appeals: NHS Resolution; Senior Case Officer: Bar Standards Board (on a consultancy basis); Lay Panel Member: Teaching Regulation Agency; Nominated Decision Maker for conduct matters for magistrates (Public Appointment); Former Chief Crown Prosecutor CPS East Midlands 2013 -2015; Law Society.

Dr Rehanna Chaudhary

MB ChB, DFSRH, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Locum GP, South Yorkshire Area since 2014; GP Appraiser, NHS England, North East and Yorkshire since 2021; Local Medical Committee Member, Doncaster since 2021; GP Mentor, Doncaster Local Medical Committee since 2021; Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunals, Social Entitlement Chamber since 2021; GP Mentor, South Yorkshire Supporting Mentors Scheme since 2023; Justice of the Peace, Family Court since 2020; Member, Magistrates Recruitment Advisory Committee since 2021; Former Race Equality Lead, South Yorkshire Primary Care Workforce Training Hub (Mar 2022 – Dec 2022); Former Medicolegal Expert, Soft Tissue Injuries Medco (2019 – 2022); Former PLAB Examiner, General Medical Council (2022 – 2023); Diplomate, Faculty Sexual and Reproductive Health; Member, British Medical Association.

Mr Kamran Choudhry

LLB, MPhil (Criminology), LLM, BVC, Bar of England & Wales, New York Bar, Bar of Republic of Ireland

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Trial Lawyer, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Professor Stephen Clark

BMedSci, BM BS, DM, DLM, FFST, FRCP, FRCS

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle; Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Northumbria; Magistrate, North Northumberland Criminal Court; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England; Member, European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery; Member, European Society of Cardiology. 

Dr Andy (Andrew) Cohen

MBChB (Hons), BSc (Hons), FFICM

Registrant

Tribunal Chair since 2014; Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Fellow, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, British Medical Association.

Dr Caroline Colaco

MBChB, BSc (Hons), DFSRH, ECFMG

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; GP & Speciality Doctor. Member, The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare; Member, Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland; Royal College of General Practitioners (2016-2021)

Mr Ian Comfort

BA, PG Dip (Law), PG Dip (Professional Legal Skills), LLM (Legal Practice), FRSA

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Commissioner, Criminal Cases Review Commission; Employment Judge, Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Special Needs and Care Standards); Magistrate and Presiding Justice, West London Local Justice Area; Chair, Conduct Committee, Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales; Legal Adviser and Chair, Police Conduct Hearings; Barrister Member, Honourable Society of the Inner Temple; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Ms Melissa Coutino

BA (Hons), PG Dip (Law), Degree of the Utter Bar, MSc, PG Dip (Leadership), PPM Practitioner

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; Barrister; Senior Lawyer, Government Legal Department; Legal Assessor, Health & Care Professions Tribunal; Legal Adviser, General Optical Council; Non-Executive Director, Windsor Fellowship, Inns Council of Law Reporting, British Cardiovascular Society; Bencher, Lincolns Inn; Vice-President, Women Barrister Association; Former Legal Adviser, Commission on Human Medicine (CHM); Former Legal Adviser, Herbal Medicine Advisory Committee (HMAC); Former Legal Adviser, Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products (ABRHP); Former Senior Lawyer, Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA); Member, Bar Council. 

Mr Patrick Cox

Dip (Professional Legal Studies) (Belfast)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; BCL Solicitor; Director, PC Legal Costs Ltd; Solicitor, Northern Ireland since 1989; Solicitor, England and Wales since 1990; Member, Law Society Criminal Litigation Accreditation Scheme since 2001; Awarded Higher Rights in the criminal courts, Law Society (2005).   

Dr Emily Crosse 

BSc (Hons), MB ChB (Hons), DFSRH, DRCOG, MRCGP, PGCME, SFHEA

Registrant

Registrant Tribunal Member since 2023; Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow, Warwick Medical School; GP, Taurus Healthcare; Medical Member, SEC, Ministry of Justice; Former GP, Hall Green Health; Former GP, Granton Medical Centre; Former role, South Worcester VTS Training (2010 – 2014); Former Role, Birmingham Women’s Hospital; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

Mr Vince Cullen 

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Independent Panel Member, Police Misconduct Hearing Panel, Northamptonshire Police; Lay Member, The Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service; Lay Member, Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service; Magistrate, North London Local Justice Area, Highbury Magistrates’ Court; Former Registrant Member, General Osteopathic Council Investigating Committee; Former Registration Assessor and Education Visitor, General Osteopathic Council; Former Education Visitor, Mott MacDonald; Former Education Visitor, General Chiropractic Council. 

Mrs Ruth Curtis (Sloan)

LLB, PGCE

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Disciplinary Committee Member, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants; Police Misconduct Legally Qualified Person, South East Police Forces (Hampshire, Thames Valley, Surrey, Sussex, Kent); Police Misconduct Independent Panel Member, Hampshire OPCC; Solicitor.

D

Dr Muhammad Dadibhai

MB ChB, MRCS, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; GP Director, Eightlands Surgery; Clinical Advisor for Diabetes, Community Care and Medicine Management, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board; GP Specialist Advisor, Care Quality Commission; Treasurer, Kirklees LMC; Former GP Principal, Brisbane, QLD Australia; Former Locum GP, West Yorkshire (2008-2010).

Mr Neil Dalton

BA (Hons), Cert (Operational Management)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Solicitor; Fee-paid Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber; Legally Qualified Chair (Professional Conduct Committee), Architects’ Registration Board; Legal Adviser, Police Misconduct Panels, Eastern, North-Eastern and East-Midlands Regions; Former Disciplinary Hearing Chair, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; Former Legal Adviser, Social Work England; Former Senior Specialist Prosecutor, CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division; Member, Law Society; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL); Former Committee Member, NALQC.

Ms Sian Darlington

LLB(Hons), LLM, PGDip

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Partner, Gunnercooke LLP; Deputy District Judge. 

Dr Bryn Davies 

BSc, MBChB, MRCGP, FRCOphth

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2016; Consultant Ophthalmologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; General Practitioner, West Yorkshire; Director, Bryn Davies Limited; Director, Clinicare Health Support Services; Fellow, Royal College of Ophthalmologists; Member, British Medical Association.

Mr Gareth Davies 

BSc (Hons), CeFa, DipFa

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2012; Tribunal Member since 2011. 

Dr Katherine Davies

MB ChB, MRCP, FRCEM

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust; Former Registrar Training, Emergency Medicine, Leeds; Former SHO Positions, York and Leeds (1998 – 2004); Former House Jobs, Bristol (1995 – 1996); Fellow, Royal College of Emergency Medicine; Member, Medical Defence Union.

Mr Lee Davies

LLB, PG Dip (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Legal Adviser, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA); Deputy District Judge, Magistrates’ Courts since 2022; Tribunal Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber; Director and Solicitor Advocate, Goldstones Solicitors; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Mrs Hannah De Merode 

MA (Hons), CPE (College of Law), LPC (College of Law), Qualified Solicitor (Non-practising)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Lay Member, Performance Advisory Group, NHS England London & South; Lay Chair, Performers List Decision Panel (PLDP), NHS England London & South; Patient Safety Member, PLDP, NHS England North-West; Research Co-Investigator (Public Member), TRANSFoRMATE, University of Leeds; Former Public Member, NIHR Health Technology Assessment Funding Committee (Clinical Evaluation & Trials); Former Lay Representative, Health Education England, Wessex (2013-2021).

Mrs Suzi (Suzanne) Denton

BA, LLB, GDL, LPC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Solicitor; Practice Development Lawyer, Irwin Mitchell; Former Senior Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service; Former Freelance Law Tutor, BPP University; Member, Resolution; Member, Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

Mr Malcolm Dodds

LLM

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Trustee of 12Volt Solar Access Trust; Trustee, Milton Keynes Child Contact Centre; Trustee, Eynsham Museum and Heritage Centre; Volunteer Driver, Eynsham Driver Scheme; Retired District Judge, Magistrates Court (2012-2021); Member.

Mr Stephen Downing

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Solicitor Advocate, Criminal and Civil Proceedings; Lecturer, Professional Legal Training, BPP University; Freelance Advocate, Crown Prosecution Service; Member, The Law Society. 

E 

Dr Carl Egdell

MB ChB, DCH, DRCOG

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; GP Partner, Meadowgreen Health Centre; GP Lead Appraiser, NHS England Midlands; Former Locum GP and Salaried GP Positions, Sheffield and Derbyshire (2000-2005).

Mr Sean Ell

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2011; Barrister at Law; Barrister, Garden Court North Chambers; Lecturer, University of Salford; Former Councillor, Wigan MBC; Former Authority Member, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue; Member, Immigration Lawyers Practitioner's Association.

Dr Susan Ellerby 

MBChB, MSc, MBA

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2012; Former Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber; Former Panel Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Retired Consultant Clinical Adviser, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; Former Deputy Director of Public Health and Health Improvement, Leicester City; Former Fellow, Faculty of Public Health; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Defence Union.  

F

Dr Matthew Fiander 

BA, MSc, PhD

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal Member since 2012; Specialist Tribunal Member, First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health), Health Education and Social Care Chamber.

Mr Neil Fielding

LLB (Hons), LPC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Fee Paid Judge, Mental Health Tribunal, Wales; Member, Law Society.

Dr Eric Finlay

BSc, MBChB, MSc, DCH, MRCP (Paediatrics, UK)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Locum Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Self-Employed, Medico-Legal; Former Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Former Clinical Adviser, Royal Pharmaceutical Society; Member, Medical Protection Society.   

Dr Laura Florence

MBChB, RCGP, GDL, RCPathME, JP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; General Practitioner and Clinical Lead, Derbyshire Health United; Discipline Specific Practitioner, NHS England; Medical Examiner, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire; Medicolegal Report Writer and Reviewer, RTWplus; Former GP Appraiser, NHS England; Former Clinical Director, Orbalis Healthcare; Former Magistrate, Adult Criminal Court, Leicester.

Dr Caroline Friendship

BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Registrant Partner (Practitioner Psychologist), Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service; Specialist Member, First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health), Health Education and Social Care Chamber; Lay Member, Fitness to Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council.

G

Mr Andrew Galliford-Yates

MA (Med Eth), BA (Hons), RMN, PGD (Psych SexTh), PGD (Med Hypno)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Clinical Nurse Specialist, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Trust; Specialist Member, Mental Health Tribunal, Ministry of Justice; Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Dr Mark Garfield

MB ChB, FRCA, FFICM, RCPathME

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant, Intensive Care Medicine, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust since 2000; Former Anaesthetic Registrar, East Anglia (1996-2000); Former Anaesthetic SHO, Birmingham (1994-1996); Former Pre-Registration House Officer, Birmingham (1993-1994); Member, British Medical Association; Member, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Member, Faculty of Intensive Care; Member, Intensive Care Society; Member, Royal College of Pathologists. 

Ms Angela Georgiou

LLB (Hons), FRCS

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Barrister, Cobden House Chambers, Manchester.

Dr Anna Gevers 

MBChB, FCPsych(SA)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, Livewell Plymouth Community Mental Health Team; Former Consultant Psychiatrist, Cornwall Partnership Trust, 2006-2022.

Dr Obadah Ghannam 

MBBS, BSc, MRCGP, DRCOG, LLM, PGCert (Med Ed), DPH, FHEA

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Locum GP; Member, First-Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber; Director, Circumcision Clinic; Former Trustee, Centre for Islam and Medicine; Former GP, Midlands Medical Partnership; Former Locum GP, Birmingham, Solihull, Warwickshire and Coventry; Member, British Medical Association; Member, British Islamic Medical Association; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

Dr Ammar Ghouri 

MRCGP, MBChB, BSc (Hons)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; GP Partner, Lakeside Healthcare Group; Clinical Tutor, University of Leicester Medical School; Clinician, Derbyshire Health United (Out of Hours); Locality Chair for Corby, Northamptonshire Local Medical Committee since 2022; Specialist Advisor (Primary Care), Care Quality Commission; Former Locality Chair, Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (2020-2022); Former Vice-Chair, Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Local Medical Committee (2014-2019); Former GP Partner, Washbrook Medical Group (2018-2019); Former GP Partner, South Wigston Health Centre (2014-2018); Member, Medical Defence Union (MDU) since 2014.

Mrs Emma Gilberthorpe

LLB

Lay

Independent member of the Parole Board since 2024, Legal Adviser for General Pharmaceutical Council since 2025. Former Solicitor; Former School Governor, Former Woodthorpe Church of England Primary School; Former District Crown Prosecutor, Former Crown Prosecution Service since 2021; Former Legal Team Manager, HM Court Tribunal Service (HMCTS) (2005-2021).

Dr Mandeep Gill

MRCGP, MB ChB, BSc, DRCOG

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Locum GP; GP Appraiser; Medical Member, Tribunal Service, Social Security and Child Support; Medical Assessor, VDPS; Former Locum GP Positions, The Black Country (2021-2023); Former Salaried GP, Wolverhampton (2015-2021); Member, British Medical Association.

Professor Eilish Gilvarry

MB, MCh, BAO

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2024; Consultant Psychiatrist in Addictions, Deputy Responsible Officer, and Deputy Medical Director for Revalidation & CPD, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Professor of Addiction Psychiatry, Newcastle University; Former Chair on the Advisory Committee on Substance Use, Department for Transport; Former President, Society for the Study of Addiction; Trustee Member, Medical Council on Alcohol; Assessor (Health), Pharmaceutical Council; Member, Royal College of General Practice England; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists, England.

Mr Michael Glickman

MA (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Lay Member, Professional Conduct Committee, General Chiropractic Council; Lay Member, Joint Disciplinary Panel, Intellectual Property Regulation Board; Lay Member, Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service; Former Lay Member, Fitness to Practise Committee, General Pharmaceutical Council; Former Lay Member, Fitness to Practise Panel, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Trustee, Gateshead Hatzola Community Ambulance Service; Former Public Governor, North-East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (2011-2020); Former Director, Healthwatch Gateshead (2015-2017).

Miss Debi (Deborah) Gould

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Principal Crown Advocate, Crown Prosecution Service; Deputy Chair Board of Trustees, Wirral Change; Safeguarding and Care Governor, West Kirby Residential School; Criminal Bar Association.

Mr Alex Graham

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Partner, Heckford Norton Solicitors; Former Chair of Governors, Primary School, Hertfordshire.

Miss Samantha Gray

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Former Solicitor & Partner, Langleys Solicitors LLP (2000-2017). Chair of the Regulatory and Compliance Committee of the Insolvency Practitioners Association since 2025.

Miss Tamina Greaves (Morris)

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Senior Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS); Solicitor-Assessor, Kaplan SQE; Legally Qualified Adviser, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Office; Co-Chair, Birmingham Black Lawyers CIC. 

Dr Tony Gu

BMedSci, MBChB, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; Chair of Central Manchester GP Federation; GP Partner, Valance Medical Centre; Debrief Tutor, Former Manchester Medical School Tutor; Representative, Manchester Local Medical Committee; Director, Ardwick & Longsight Primary Care Network; Former Director, SCG Medical Group; Admin, Manchester CPD Group; Former locum positions in the Manchester Area (2014-2017); Former Junior Doctor, various Manchester hospitals (2009-2014); Member, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP); Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy.

Miss Mamta Gupta

BSc (Hons) (Pharmacology)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Barrister, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury, No. 5 Chambers.

Miss Naomi Gyane

LLB, PGDip

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Barrister, Pump Court Chambers; Chancellor of the Diocese of Leicester, Church of England.

H

Dr Tayyab (Muhammad) Haider MBE

MBBS, FRCP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Consultant Physician, Basildon University Hospital; Medical Director, Mid and South Essex; Deputy Chief Medical Officer, NHS Foundation Trust; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London; Member, British Medical Association.

Mrs Sarah Hamilton

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Chair of Fitness To Practise Committee for Social Work England; Chair, General Optical Council; Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Commissioner, Boundary Commission for England; Assessor/Marker, Kaplan; Independent Reviewer, Independent Press Standards Organisation; Former Chair, General Pharmaceutical Council; Former Chair, Health and Care Professions Council; Former Non-Executive Director, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), 2016-2020; Member, Law Society.

Mr Christopher Harper

MA (Hons) (Economics), GDip (Law), Bar Professional Training Course

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Barrister; Recorder; Former Trustee, Royal Life Saving Society UK (2014-2017).

Dr Atif (Muhammad) Hassan

BSc (Hons), MBBS, CIDC, DRCOG, DPD, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; GP Partner, University Medical Practice, Birmingham; Clinical Director, Harborne Primary Care Network; Training Programme Director, West Birmingham GP Vocational Training Scheme, NHS England; GP Appraiser, NHS England; GP Tutor, Aston Medical School; GP Partnership Board Member and South Locality Lead GP, NHS Birmingham and Solihull; Personal Academic Tutor, University of Birmingham Medical School; Former GP Partner, Chopwell Primary Healthcare Centre CCG, 2009-2015; GP Locum, Birmingham, 2008-2016; PLAB Examiner, General Medical Council, 2019-2025; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

Dr Helen Hayhoe

MA (Oxon), MBBS, LLM, MRCP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant Geriatrician, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge; Former Geriatric Specialty Training Scheme, East Deanery (2017-2022); Member, BMA; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, British Geriatrics Society.  

Mr Paul Hepworth

FCMI

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Lay Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council; FtP Associate, General Dental Council; Former Member, Wakefield Child Safeguarding Board, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Former Member, Wakefield Health and Wellbeing Board, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. 

Ms Annie Hockaday  

MA (Cantab), LLM, BPTC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2023; Deputy District Judge, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service; Adjudicator, Traffic Penalty Tribunal.

Mrs Maeve Holland

LLB (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Solicitor Consultant, Business Services Organisation; Fee-Paid Member of Tribunals Appeals Service and Lay Member of Legal Services Commission (Civil Appeals), Northern Ireland Civil Service; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Dr Joseph Home

MSc, MBA, BMBS, CMGR, FCMI

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Clinical Innovation Lead, Bupa; Public Health Registrar, NHS; Board Member, Medical Aid Films; Former Junior Doctor, North Manchester Hospital; Former National Medical Directors Fellow, The Health Foundation; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Chartered Management Institute.

Dr Emily Hubbard

BSc (Hons), MB ChB (Hons), FRCA (2014)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Head of Clinical Education, The Learning Lab; OSCE assessor, University of Buckingham Medical School; Former Senior Education Fellow, Guy’s Cancer Academy; Former Clinical Educator, University of Buckingham Medical School; Former GP Trainee, Oxford Deanery (2015-2021); Former Anaesthetics Trainee, Oxford Deanery (2010-2015); Member, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine.

Mrs Meloney Hughes

LLB (Hons), PG Dip (Legal Practice)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Solicitor, District Crown Court; Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service.

Mr Gul Nawaz Hussain KC

LLB, BVC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Barrister; Non-Executive Director, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2022; Freelance Presenter, BBC; Member, Advisory Board.

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Miss Ogheneruona Mercy Iguyovwe 

LLB, BL

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Legally Qualified Chair, Disability Qualified Tribunal Member in the First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber; Legally Qualified Adviser to Police Misconduct Panels; Legally Qualified Chair for British Transport Police; Member, The Law Society, England and Wales; Member, CPS.

Mrs Zeenat Islam

LLB, LLM

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Barrister; Panel Member, Redress Scotland; Race Trainer, Bar Council; Associate Tutor, University of Warwick Law School; Member, The Honourable Society of Inner Temple; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL); Member, Muslim Lawyers Action Group; Member, Bar Human Rights Committee; Member, Administrative Law Bar Association.

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Mr Amir Jaleel

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Fee-Paid Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) and Fee-Paid Judge of the Employment Tribunal, Ministry of Justice; Consultant Solicitor, Lexadeen Solicitors; Member, Law Society.

Dr Sharmila Jandial

MBChB, MRCPCH, MD

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Great North Children’s Hospital; Head of Professional Practice, MBBS, School of Medicine, Newcastle University; Chair, Paediatric Rheumatology College Specialist Advisory Committee, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Member, British Society of Rheumatology.

Dr Sarah Jeffery

MB ChB, BSc (Hons)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; General Practitioner, North-West Deanery; RCGP examiner, HMCTS medical member, First tier tribunal service; Former CMT Trainee, North-West Deanery; Member, Royal College of General Practice.

Dr Angela Jesudason

MB ChB (Hons), BSc, MRCP, MRCPCH, FRCPCH

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh; Panel Member, Children’s Hearing Scotland; Honorary Senior Lecturer; Former National Clinical Director, Managed Service Network for Children and Young People with Cancer; Former Clinical Lead roles, TYAC and MSNCYPC (2009-2019); Former Co-Chair, NCRI TYA GCT Clinical Studies Group (2017-2018); Former Chair, NCRI TYA Clinical Studies Group (2014-2017); Former Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Oncology, North Thames Grid Trainee, UCL Great Ormond Street Hospital (2004-2006); Member, Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group; Member, Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer.

Dr Amit Jinabhai

BSc (Hons), PhD, FBCLA, FEAOO, SFHEA, MCOptom

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Lay Panellist, General Dental Council (GDC); Specialist Member of the First-Tier Tribunal, Health Education and Social Care Chamber; Hearings Panel Registrant Member, General Optical Council (GOC); Lay Regulatory Tribunal Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); Lay Disciplinary Committee Member, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA); Lay Chairperson, United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP); Final Assessment OSCEs External Examiner, College of Optometrists;  Programme External Examiner (Optometry), Teesside University; Programme External Examiner (Optometry), University of Central Lancashire; Independent Chair of the Disciplinary Panel, UK College of Optometrists; Former Senior Lecturer (Optometry), University of Manchester (Dec 2012 - May 2024); Former Programme External Examiner (Optometry), Bradford University (Sept 2019 - Aug 2024); Member, UK College of Optometrists; Member, Association of Optometrists; Fellow, British Contact Lens Association; Fellow, European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO); Independent Fellowship Assessor, EAOO; Registered Optometrist, General Optical Council; Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy.

Dr Suzanne Joels

BSc, MBBS, MRCGP, MRCPsych

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Trustee, North London Hospice; Former Clinical Lead, Dementia Clinical Network NHS London; Former Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (2002-2022); Former Clinical Director, Aging and Perinatal Mental Health, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (2010-2022); Member, British Medical Association.

Mrs Jane Johnson QPM

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Lay Member, Health and Care Professionals Council; Former Police Chief Superintendent, Metropolitan Police (1987-2021).

Dr Charlotte Jones

MBBS, MRCGP, DFSRH

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; GP Partner, Uplands and Mumbles Surgery; Primary Care Lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Clinical Editor, Swansea Bay University Health Board; GP Appraiser, Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW); First-Tier Tribunal Medical Member, Ministry of Justice; Advisory Board Member, Vivari Communications; Board Member, Fair Treatment for Women in Wales (FTWW); Former Chair of the Welsh GP Committee, British Medical Association, 2013-19; Former Deputy Chair of the Welsh GP Committee, British Medical Association, 2010-13; Former Member, Morgannwg Local Medical Committee, 2004-19; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health. 

Ms Rachel Jones

BA, LLM, BPTC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Barrister (full time); Member, Administrative Law Bar Association; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Member, Bar European Group.

Ms Samantha Jones

LLB, LLM, BPTC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Barrister, Self-Employed; School Governor, Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School; Freeman, Haberdashers’ Livery Company; Member, Action Against Medical Accidents (AVMA); Member, Personal Injuries Bar Association (PIBA); Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL); Member, Society of Construction Law.

Mr Vijay Joshi

MB ChB, LLB (Hons), FRCSEd (C-Th), PGCert (Medical Law)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant Surgeon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Former Clinical Fellow, James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough; Former Clinical Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Former Cardiothoracic Registrar, East Midlands; Member, Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh; Member, European Society of Thoracic Surgery; Member, Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland; Member, Hospital Consultants Specialist Association; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, Ontario Bar Association.

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Mr John Kelly 

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Company Director and Consultant in Forensics, Policing, Justice and Defence Sectors, International Capacity Building; Retired Police Officer and Former Director of Forensic Services and Intelligence, Greater Manchester Police; Member, Chetham’s School of Music Independent Safeguarding Commission.

Ms Jodie Kembery

BA (Hons), GDL, BPTC, LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Barrister, No5 Chambers.

Dr Nicola Kemp

MBBS, DRCOG, MSc

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Chief Medical Officer, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust;  joint director of Scott Kemp Anaesthetic Services; Former Appraiser and Senior Appraiser, NHS England (Midlands & East); Locum GP, Hertfordshire; Former GPC Representative, British Medical Association; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

Dr Marianne Kennedy 

MBBS, PhD, MA, MSc

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Ophthalmology Specialist Registrar, Manchester Eye Hospital; Population Health Fellow, Health Education England; Former Foundation Doctor, Southampton General Hospital; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

Mrs Aaminah Khan

LLB (Hons), Bar Vocational Course

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Barrister Member, Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service; Deputy District Judge (Civil); First-Tier Tribunal Judge (Special Educational Needs and Disability); Legal Adviser, Fitness to Practice Panel, General Optical Council; Tenant, St John's Buildings; Former Enforcement Lawyer, Information Commissioner's Office; Former Tenant, New Bailey Chambers.

Dr Aamna Khan 

MB ChB, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Sessional GP, BARDOC; Medical Director, BARDOC; Clinical Lecturer, University of Manchester; Former Locum GP, Greater Manchester (2017-2022).

Dr Shehleen Khan 

MBChB, MRCGP, DFSRH, SFHEA, MSc (Med Ed)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2016; Clinical Lecturer, University of Manchester; Sessional GP; GP Appraiser, NHS England; GP Recruitment Assessor, Health Education North West; Teaching Medical Students, OSCE Examiner and PBL Tutor, University of Lancaster; PLAB Examiner, GMC; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Dr Zaheer Khonat

MBChB (Hons), MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; General Practitioner and Clinical Supervisor, Bolton Community Practice; Urgent and Unscheduled Care, Bardoc & Mastercall Out of Hours GP Services; Deputy Medical Referee, Overdale Crematorium, Bolton; Former Special Constable, Greater Manchester Police.

Ms Jane Kilgannon

BA (Hons), GDL, BVC, DLM, DipFMS

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Deputy District Judge (County Court; Family Court); Employment Tribunal Judge; First-Tier Tribunal Judge (Social Entitlement Chamber); Adjudicator, Road User Charging Adjudicators Tribunal; Legal Adviser, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council; Legal Adviser, Social Work England; Lay Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales; Former Lay Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Community Member, Audit Committee, North Central London NHS Clinical Commissioning Group.

Mr Stephen Killen 

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal member since 2014; Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber; Legally Qualified Chair of the Appeals Tribunal (Social Entitlement); Legally Qualified Chair/President, Review Tribunal (Mental Health); Legal Assessor, Northern Ireland Social Care Council; Member of the Statutory Fitness to Practice Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; Member, Law Society of Northern Ireland; Member, Law Society of England & Wales; New York State Bar.

Mrs Kate Kirwin

LLB (Hons), BVC, QLTT

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Deputy District Judge, Civil and Family; Tribunal Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber.

Mr Birju Kotecha

LLB (Hons), Called to Bar (Middle Temple), PGCE, MA, PhD

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Assistant Professor, University of Northumbria; FtP Panel Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Lay Partner, Health and Care Professions Council.

Mr Sean Kyne

BA (Hons), PG Dip (Legal Practice)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service.

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Dr Hiu (Wang) Lam

BMedSci (Hons), BMBS, MSc (Medical Leadership), MRCP, FRCA, FRCP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025. Accredited NHS Workplace Mediator & Member of Medical & Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS); Former Consultant in Neuroanaesthesia, University Hospitals Plymouth, 2004-2025; Former Royal College of Anaesthetists Primary Examiner, 2007-2021; Former Associate and Deputy Postgraduate Dean, NHS England, 2014-2024; Former Lead Postgraduate Dean in Palliative Medicine & Paediatric Surgery (COPMeD), 2022-2024; Former Editor, BJA (education), 2010-2021; Former Director of Medical Education, University Hospitals Plymouth, 2009-2013; Former Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, 2000-2004; Visiting Attending Anesthesiologist, Michigan, USA, 1999-2000.

Mrs Colette Lang

LLB (Hons), Law Society Finals

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2012; Tribunal Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber; Former Tribunal Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber; Former Legal Director, Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS); Member, The Law Society. 

Dr Nigel Langford

BSc (Hons), MBChB, MD, MRCP, MRPharmS

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant, NHS University Hospital Leicester; Clinical Pharmacologist, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Health Technology Assessment (Committee C), National Research Ethics Service (Edgbaston Committee); Former, Care Quality Commission (CQC); Member, British Pharmacological Society; Member, Society of Acute Medicine; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Dr Bridget Langham 

MBChB, DA (UK), FRCA, MMedSci (Med Ed), FAcadMEd

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2016; Retired Consultant Anaesthetist, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Retired Director of Foundation Training for the East Midlands, Health Education England.

Mrs Barbara Larkin 

Bachelor of Financial Services

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014.

Miss Megan Larrinaga

LLB (Hons), LLM, Dip (Legal Practice)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Senior Legal Adviser, Oil and Gas Authority; Deputy District Judge, South Eastern Circuit; Chair, Appeals Panel, England Infected Blood Support Scheme; Chair, Appeals Panel, Infected Blood Payment Scheme, Northern Ireland; Former Adviser, CCGs and PCIs, NHS England (2014-2017); Former Secondee, Professional Standards Authority and NHS England; Former Assistant Legal Adviser, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; Member, Law Society.

Dr Jonathan (Andrew) Leach OBE

MB ChB, MRCGP, FRCGP, MSc (Med), DRCOG, DIMC

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; GP, Davenal House Surgery, Bromsgrove; Associate Medical Director, Military and Veterans Health, NHS England; ICB, NHS Hertfordshire and NHS Worcestershire; Committee Member, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation; Governing Body Member, PCC; Former National Medical Director, Covid 19 Vaccination, NHS England (Sept 2020 – Sept 2022); Former Joint Secretary, Royal College of General Practitioners (2017-2021); Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, British Medical Association.

Mrs Linda Lee

BA (Law) (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Licence Committee Member, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority since 2021; Consultant Solicitor, Weightmans (Formerly Radcliffes LeBrasseur) since 2012; ICP Chair, Health and Care Professions Council since 2023; Assistant Coroner, Coventry and Warwickshire since 2021; Deputy District Judge since 2021; Commissioner, Criminal Cases Review Commission since 2017; Panel Member, East West Rail Need to Sell Panel since 2023; Panel Member, HS2 Need To Sell Panel since 2017; Committee Chair and Adjudicator, Primary Care Appeals Service (PCAS) since 2014; Director, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting; Trustee and Director of the Pension Scheme, Law Society; Chair of the Professional Indemnity Insurance Committee, Law Society; Member and Council Member, Medico-Legal Society; Member, Solicitors Assistance Scheme; Former Board Member and Deputy Chair, Body Corporate, Criminal Cases Review Commission; Former Chair and Committee Member, Solicitors Assistance Scheme; Former Lecturer, MBL Seminars; Former Contributing Editor, Cordery on Legal Services; Former Roles, Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) (2006-2010); Former Consultant, Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) (2013-2015); Former President, Law Society of England and Wales (2010-2011); Former President, Northamptonshire Law Society (2013-2015); Former President, Medico-Legal Society (2014-2016); Former Solicitor Member, Queens Counsel Selection Panel (2011-2015); Member and Former Chair, Regulatory Process Committee; Member, Policy and Regulatory Affairs Committee; Member, Access to Justice Committee; Member, Law Society.

Mr Richard Lee

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Barrister, Self-Employed. 

Mr Andrew Lewis

MA

Barrister

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal Member since 2014; Barrister; First-Tier Fee-Paid Tribunal Judge (Mental Health); Legal Assessor, Health and Care Professions Council; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Deputy Legally Qualified Chair, General Pharmaceutical Council since 2025; Legal Adviser, Social Work England since 2019; Chair, Professional Conduct Committee; Former Deputy District Judge, Magistrates Courts; Member, Criminal Bar Association; legal assessor at the Royal College of veterinary surgeons since 2026.

Mr Juleun Lim

LLB, Solicitor, Non-Practising Barrister

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Senior Lawyer and Team Leader, HMRC Legal Group, HMRC.

Mrs Claire Lindley

LLB, LLM

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Barrister Member of the Independent Decision Making Body, Bar Standard Board; Bencher at Gray’s Inn; Trustee, Slynn Foundation; Former Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Dr Gillian Livesey

MB ChB, MRCGP, DFSRH, DOccMed

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Sessional GP, West Midlands Deanery, Shropshire; Medically Qualified Member, Social Entitlement Chamber, HM Courts and Tribunal Service; Regional Medical Appraiser; Former Occupational Health Director, Birmingham and Chester; Member, Medical & Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS).

Dr James Lucas

MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPath, DMJ(Path)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Commissioner, Criminal Cases Review Commission; Honorary Editor, Ulster Medical Journal; Medical (Specialist) Member, Appeal Tribunals, Northern Ireland; Fee-Paid Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber); Honorary Lecturer, School of Medicine, Queen's University Belfast; Former Medical Adviser, The Cabinet Office, HM Government, 2024; Former Member, Ethics Committee, Royal College of Pathologists; Former Medicolegal Adviser/Consultant, Medical Protection Society LTD, 2013-2024; Former Medicolegal Adviser, Medical Defence Union Services LTD, 2010-2013; Former Forensic Pathologist, Home Office Register, 2008-2010; Member, Medical Protection Society; Former Member, Medical Defence Union.

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Dr David Mabin

MBChB, LLM, MD, MRCP (UK), FRCPCH

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; Consultant Paediatrician and Deputy Medical Director, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust; Former Associate Dean, University of Exeter Medical School; Member, British Medical Association (BMA); Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Member, Medical & Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS); Member, Paediatricians with Expertise in Cardiology Special Interest Group (PECSiG).

Mr John MacGregor KC

LLB (Hons), BCL, Dip (LP)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Self Employed Advocate (King’s Counsel), Axiom Advocates; Deputy Counsel to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry; Chair, Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland; Legally Qualified Chair, Scottish Social Services Council; Legal Assessor, Healthcare and Care Professions Council; Equality and Human Rights Commission, Panel of Counsel; Member, Faculty of Advocates, Free Legal Services Unit.

Mr Douglas Mackay

BA (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Solicitor; Former Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor (DCCP), Crown Advocate, and CPS National Lead for Criminality in Sport, Crown Prosecution Service. 

Mr Angus Macpherson

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; Barrister.

Miss Atiyah Malik

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Recorder, Ministry of Justice (Family Court); Employment Tribunal Judge and First-Tier Tribunal Judge, Ministry of Justice; Freelance Consultant Solicitor Advocate; Chair, Board of Trustees, Kingsway Community Trust. 

Dr Jane Margetts

BA, MBBS, DRCOG, PGCME

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Sessional GP; Medically Qualified Tribunal Member, Social Security and Criminal Injuries Jurisdictions; GP Appraiser; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society. 

Mrs Francesca Martin

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Self-Employed Barrister at Law; Barrister, Serious Injury Group, No5 Chambers; Member, Personal Injuries Bar Association.

Dr Sarah Marwick 

MBChB (Birmingham), FRCGP, DFFP, DRCOG

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2011; GP Locum, various practices; Associate Medical Director, Professional Regulation and Appraisals/Revalidation, NHS England, West Midlands; GP Appraiser since 2010; GP Appraiser, Regional Appraiser (Midlands and East), NHS England; Appraiser, MIAD; Non-Executive Board Member, Strategic Policing and Crime Board, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, West Midlands; Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust; GP with special interest in the homeless since 2002; Former Junior Doctors Committee (1998-2001); Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners since 2001; Member, British Medical Association; Forum Moderator, Doctors.net.uk. 

Ms Sarah McAnulty 

BSc (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Lay Panel Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Lay Panel Member, Social Work England; Lay Panel Member, HCPC; Vice Chair, CIMA; Education Inspector and CPD Assessor, Social Work England; Service User Expert, HCPC; Former Case Review Officer, Former Associate Appraisal and Training Senior Officer, Former Project Manager, Former Continuous Improvement Manager, General Medical Council (2013 – 2023).

Mrs Clair McCarthy

BA (Hons), Solicitor (HCA & Duty)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Police Station Representative; Freelance SQE Assessor, Kaplan; Member, Law Society.

Dr Victoria McCloud

BA, DPhil, Dip. (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Barrister; Freelance/Self-Employed Lawyer; Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society (BPS) and Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI).

Dr William McClune 

PhD, MEd, BSc, PGCE

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023.

Dr Gary McCormack

MB ChB, CCT (General Practice)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; General Practitioner; Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Lancashire; Former Locum GP, Manchester; Former PLAB Examiner, General Medical Council; Former Clinical Debrief Tutor, University of Manchester; Former GP Trainer.

Dr Helen McCormack 

BM, Soton, MRCPsych, FRCPsych

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2015; Former Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health)Tribunal, Ministry of Justice; Former Executive Member, Old Age Faculty, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Former Tribunal Chair, MPTS (2015-2019); Former Member, Parole Board. 

Dr Becky (Rebecca) McGee

BMedSci, BMBS, DCH, DRCOG, RCGP, Dip Ther

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunal, Social Security Appeals; GP Locum, South-East Wales; Medical Advisor to Public Services Ombudsman for Wales; Medical Advisor, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; Section 12(2) approved Doctor, MHA assessments; Former GP Partner, Oak Street Surgery, Cwmbran, Torfaen (2012-2022).

Mr Gregor McGill

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Road User Charging Adjudicator; Legally Qualified Adviser, Police Misconduct Panels; External Assurance Group Member, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.

Mr Rob (Robert) McKeon

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Independent Member and Chair, Parole Board; Former Management Committee Member, Parole Board; Former Magistrate; Author.

Mr David McLean KC

LLB (Hons), Dip (LP), LLM (Commercial Law) (Distinction)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Advocate; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Member of Panel, Counsel for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Scotland; Standing Junior Counsel, Scottish Government; Legal Assessor, General Teaching Council, Scotland; Member, International Cricket Council’s Panel of Development Umpires; Member, Faculty of Advocates.

Mr George McLean

BSc, LLB, Solicitor 

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Former Scientific Officer, Medical Laboratory (1976-1987); Former Lay Representative, NICE Glaucoma Working Group.

Mrs Christine McLoughlin

BA

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Solicitor; Deputy District Judge, Ministry of Justice; Member, Law Society ; Legal Assessor at HCPC.

Dr Rachel Miller

BDS, MFDS (RCSEd), DSCD (RCSEd), GDL, LLM, DLM

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Senior Dental Officer, Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust since 2005; Clinical Case Examiner, General Dental Council since 2016; Dental Tutor, NHS England since 2023; Former Dental Practitioner (2001 – 2005). 

Dr Paul Mitchell

MA, PGCE, MBChB, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; Salaried GP, Edinburgh; Member, British Medical Association.

Mr Mohamed Mohamed 

MBBS, FRCS, MS, FRCS (Gen Surg)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant Vascular Surgeon, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; Consultant General Surgeon, Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre, Gillingham; Former Surgical Registrar, South-East England (1996-2006); Member, British Medical Association; Member, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland; Member, Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland; Member, Medical Protection Society; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.  

Dr John Moriarty 

BA, MBBCh, BAO, FRCPI, MRCPsych, MD

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2015; Fee-Paid Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunal, Health Education and Social Care Chamber (Mental Health), England since 2019; Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust since 2018; Former Director of Medical Education, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2011-2018); Former Senior Lecturer, King's College London (2003-2020); Former Consultant Psychiatrist, Central & Northwest London, NHS Foundation Trust (1996-2003).

Dr Patricia Moultrie 

MBChB, LLM, FRCGP, DRCOG, DOccMed, DDAM

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2012, Former Tribunal Chair, Former MPTS Committee Member; Medical Member, Pensions Appeal Tribunal Scotland; Lay Chair, Investigation Committee Interim Order Panel, Nursing and Midwifery Council;

Former Sessional General Practitioner; Former Deputy Chair, Scottish General Practitioners Committee, British Medical Association; Former Deputy Chair, Scottish Council, British Medical Association, Former Medical Director, Glasgow Local Medical Committee; Former Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber, HMCTS; Former GP Appraiser, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde; Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, BMA. 

Mrs Kiran (Harkiran) Musgrave

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Senior Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service; Assistant Coroner (Hampshire), Winchester Coroners’ Court; Fitness to Practise Panel Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council.

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Dr Maya Naravi

BM, FRCEM

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Emergency Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Bradford Teaching Hospitals; Associate Dean, NHS England Workforce, Training, and Education, Yorkshire and Humber; Vice President, Royal College of Emergency Medicine and Trustee Board council member; Former Emergency Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (2012-2016); Former Emergency Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Leeds Teaching Hospitals (2004-2012); Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society; Fellow, Royal College of Emergency Medicine

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Ms Karen Naya 

BSc (Hons), PGDip

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Panel Member, Fitness to Practice Committee - Nursing and Midwifery Council; Company Director, Deep Dive Consulting Limited; Associate Consultant, Royal College of Nursing. 

Dr Janet Nicholls 

MBBS, FRCP, FRCPCH

Registrant

Tribunal Chair since 2013; Tribunal Member since 2012; Retired Consultant Paediatrician; Former Clinical Director, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Former Examination Board Article 14 Assessor, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Former Associate Postgraduate Dean, The London Deanery; Former Chair, BMA Local Negotiating Committee, British Medical Association.

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Mr Mark O’Brien 

MSc, PGDip, PGCert, GIFireE

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Director, Former Skylark Consulting Solutions Limited; Former Appropriate Adult, The Appropriate Adult Service; Partner in M and M Partners; Former Deputy Chief Fire Officer, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service; Graduate Member, Institution of Fire Engineers. 

Dr Matthew O'Meara 

FRCA, MBChB, DRTM, DIMC, RCS (Ed), BSc (Hons)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2012; Honorary Contract, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Air Ambulance, The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS); Accredited Doctor, British Association of Immediate Care Schemes (BASICS); Consultant, Anaesthesia and Pre-Hospital Care, University Hospitals North Midland. Member, Pre-Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists.

Mrs Julia Oakford

BA (Hons), LLM, DMS

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2009; Legal Assessor, General Dental Council since 2004; Solicitor; Member, Law Society.

Dr Tim (Timothy) Oakley

BMedSc, MBChB, MMedSc, MRCPsych

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; Consultant Psychiatrist, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust; Second Opinion Doctor, Care Quality Commission; Ministry of Justice (MoJ); Member, Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS) Standards Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Member, British Medical Association (BMA). 

Dr Koye (Adekoyejo) Odutoye

MBBS, MRCPsych

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Consultant Psychiatrist, North London NHS Foundation Trust; Former Psychiatrist, Charing Cross Psychiatry Higher Training Scheme, 1996-2000; Former Psychiatrist, Charing Cross Psychiatry Core Training Scheme, 1993-1996; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists. 

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Ms Jo (Giovanna) Palmiero

LLM, LPC, Solicitor

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Senior Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service; Legal Advisor, ACCA; Legal Advisor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Solicitor, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal; Freelance Trainer, K D Training Consultants; Freelance Trainer, LimeCulture CIC.

Dr Julius Parker

BA, MBChB, LLB, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2011; Chief Executive, Surrey and Sussex Local Medical Committees; Chair, Council East Berkshire Primary Care Out-of-Hours Service; Medical Adviser, HealthHero Ltd; Sessional General Practitioner, The Chapel Medical Centre, Slough; Representative for Surrey and Croydon Constituency, General Practitioners Committee (GPC) (England) at the British Medical Association (BMA); Deputy Chair, GPC England.  

Mrs Stacey Patel

BA (Hons), PG Dip. (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Legally Qualified Chair and Legally Qualified Advisor, Police Misconduct Panels, London; Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Legal Advisor, Social Work England; Senior Member, Valuation Tribunal for England; Panel Member, Central Bedfordshire School Appeals; Former Legal Advisor, HM Courts and Tribunals Service. 

Ms Catherine Pease

BSc, CPE/LPC

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant Solicitor (Mental Health), Peter Edwards Law Solicitors; Lay Member (Fitness to Practice), General Dental Council; Chair (Fitness to Practice), Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists; Member, Mental Health Lawyers Association; Member, Law Society.

Dr Fiona Pettet

MB ChB, BSc, MRCPCH, MRCGP (2015), MFFLM

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Specialty Doctor, Community Paediatrics and Paediatric Sexual Assault Referral Service, Royal Devon University Hospitals NHS Trust; Former Small Group Facilitator and Academic Tutor, University of Plymouth; Former Forensic Medical Examiner, G4S, Devon and Cornwall; Former GP, Bruner Medical Practice (2015-2019); Former GP Provider, Devon Doctors (2015-2019); Former GP, Emergency Department, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Former GP Trainee, Severn Deanery (2010-2015); Former Paediatric Trainee, Severn Deanery (2009-2010); Various Former ED roles, South Australia (2007-2009); Former Foundation Doctor, Weston and Bristol (2005-2007); Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Member, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine.  

Mr Adrian Phillips

LLB, LLM, Solicitor

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Fee-Paid Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, Ministry of Justice; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Panels; Former Panellist, Professional Conduct Panel, Teaching Regulation Agency (2022-2025); Former Legal Team Member, Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry (1999-2001); Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL).

Dr Jeffrey Phillips 

BSc, MBBS, FRCA, FFICM

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2016; Consultant Anaesthetist, The Ramsay Rivers Hospital; Consultant Anaesthetist, The Holly Private Hospital; Consultant Anaesthetist, The Herts and Essex Fertility Centre; Lead Appraiser, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow; Trustee, St Clare Hospice; Retired Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthetics; Former Tutor, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow; Former Deputy Responsible Officer, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Former National Clinical Champion, Healthcare Acquired Infections Programme, Department of Health; Member, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Member,  Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine; Member, Intensive Care Society.

Ms Morgan Phillips 

LLM

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Patient Complaints Investigator, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Magistrate, HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

Mrs Helen Potts

BA (Hons) (Chinese Studies) (Durham University), LLM (Medical Practice) (Cardiff University)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Legal Adviser, Social Work England; Independent Member, Parole Board; Former Chair, Professional Conduct Committee, General Chiropractic Council (GCC); Former Contract Case Examiner, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC); Former Panel Chair, Fitness to Practice (FTP), NMC; Former FTP Panel Chair, Social Care Wales; Former FTP Panel Chair, General Dental Council (GDC); Former Lay Member, Investigation Committee (IC), General Medical Council (GMC); Former Chair, Disciplinary Committee, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); Former International Policy Executive, The Law Society; Former Solicitor, Clifford Chance; Member, Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers.

Mr David Propert

MA (Medical Ethics and Law), BSc (Hons) (Ost), FHEA

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Registrant Member of Council and the Policy and Education Committee, General Osteopathic Council; Osteopath and Clinic Director, Calmer Clinics; Lay FtP panellist for the NMC since January; Former Registrant PCC Panellist, General Osteopathic Council; Former Lecturer, University College of Osteopathy; Former Vaccinator, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (2020-2021); Former Director, The Health Equation; Former Agency Care Worker, St George’s and Wandsworth (1990-1993); Member, General Osteopathic Council; Member, Institute of Osteopathy; Member, Royal Society of Medicine; Member, British Association for Performing Arts Medicine; Member, British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine.

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Dr Wasim Qayum

MB ChB, MRCPCH, MSc

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Paediatric Consultant, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust; Member, British Medical Association; Member, British Paediatric Respiratory Society; Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Miss Shamaila Qureshi

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; High Courts Advocate; Senior Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service; Legally Qualified Chair/Legally Qualified Person, Office of Police and Crime Commissioner (Police Misconduct); Mental Health Act Manager, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Former Non-Executive Director, Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust; Former Non-Executive Director, NHS Pay Review Body; Former Mental Health Act Manager, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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Mr David Raff

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Lay Panellist, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Consultant, DLA Piper UK LLP; Former Panellist, Teaching Regulation Agency; Former Chair, NNLS Destitute Asylum Seekers Drop-in; Member, The Law Society.

Dr Sheena Raja

BMedSci (Hons), BMBS, MRCGP (2016)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; GP and Health Assessor, Nuffield Health since 2023; Various Locum GP positions in Edinburgh and the Lothians 2016-2024; Private GP, Spire Hospitals, Edinburgh since 2021; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland.

Mr Tanveer Rakhim

BA (Hons), LLM

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Tribunal Judge; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Panel; Former Solicitor, Kennedys Law LLP.

Ms Rama Krishnan (Lakshmi) Ramakrishnan

BSc (Social Science), CQSW, CASS, DMS

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Chair, Audit Registration Committee, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales); Chair, Investigations Committee, Nursing & Midwifery Council; Chair, Investigations Committee, General Chiropractic Council; Chair and Lay member, Professional Conduct Committee, General Osteopathic Council; Lay Member, Bar Tribunal & Adjudication Services; Lay Member, Investigations Panel, Architects Registration Board; Lay Member, Professional Conduct Committee, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives; Lay Member, Adjudication Panel, Landscape Institute; Former Chair & Registrant, Fitness to Practise, Health & Care Professions Council (2012 – 2019); Former Specialist Advisor, Care Quality Commission; Former Inspector & Senior Performance Specialist, Audit Commission (2003 – 2011); Former Lay Chair, Professional Conduct Committee, General Chiropractic Council (2019 – 2022); Former Associate Hospital Manager, North East London Foundation Trust.

Dr Ranjana Rani

MBBS, MS

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2015; Former Consultant, Genitourinary Medicine.

Dr Pavan Rao 

MBBS, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2012; Freelance GP; Governor, Manchester Hospital School since 2025; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG); Member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

Ms Morag Rea

BA (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Solicitor; Legally Qualified Investigation Panel Chair, HCPC; Legally Qualified Chair, British Transport Police, Legally Qualified Advisor Eastern Region OPCC; Legally Qualified Advisor, MOPAC; Legally Qualified Tribunal Member RIBA.

 

Mr James Riley

BSc

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Associate Inspector, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services; Lay Member, Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service..

Mr George Ritchie 

LLB

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Lay Member, Health and Care Professions Tribunal; Board Member, Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority; Independent Member, Audit and Risk Committee, Health Research Authority; Lay Public Interest Observer, Association of Taxation Technicians; Director, G D Ritchie Consulting Limited; Member, Law Society; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.

Dr Carol Roberts 

BA, BCh, MSc, FRCPCH

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Associate Medical Director, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust since 2022; Associate Advisor, Teams Review Service, NHS Resolution; Regional and National Appraiser, NHS England; Former Associate Specialist Community Paediatrician, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (1998-2018); Former Deputy Medical Director, Professional Standards, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (2018-2022); Former Member Trustee, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2016-2021); Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Member, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

Ms Alice Robertson Rickard

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Fee-Paid Judge, First-Tier Tribunal; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Legal Adviser, General Pharmaceutical Council; Lay Member, General Optical Council; Former Lay Member, General Dental Council; Member, Gray’s Inn; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL). 

Dr Loralie Rodrigues

MB ChB, MRCGP, DFSRH, ILM5, FHEA

Registrant

Tribunal Chair since 2023; Urgent Care GP, Oxford Health Foundation Trust; Former Coach and Mentor, NHS South-East Leadership Academy; Former Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow, Warwick University; Former Locum GP, Chipping Norton Health Centre (2021-2022); Former GP Registrar, North Oxfordshire (2016-2021); Former FY1 Doctor, Kettering General Hospital (2011-2012); Former FY2 Doctor, Leicester Medical School and Leicester Royal Infirmary; Member, Medical Protection Society.

Ms Rosemary Rollason

LLB (Hons), Solicitor

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2023; Principal, RJ Rollason Law; Legal Adviser, GDC; Legal Adviser, Health and Care Professions Council; Legal Adviser, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Legal Adviser, Social Work England; Member, Discipline Committee, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy; Committee Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Member, Law Society; Member, Association of Women Solicitors. 

Mr Phil (Cecil) Rostant

BA (Hons) (Law), Barrister

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Freelance Trainer. 

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Mr Ali Sarwar

LLB (Hons) (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Fee-Paid Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber; Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Dr Louis Savage

MBChB, BSc, MRCS, MRCGP, PG Cert Med Ed, DLM, DGM, MSc, MRCP, SCE (Geriatric Medicine)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; Specialist Geriatrician, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Guideline Committee Chair, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); Quality Standards Committee Member, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); Peer Reviewer, British Medical Journals; Former General Practitioner, NHS Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Former Specialist Adviser/Inspector, Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Miss Leena Savjani

LLB (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Partner, Irwin Mitchell LLP; Member, The Law Society; Member, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

Mr Thomas Scapens

LLB, BL

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Barrister, Self-Employed.

Mr Mark Scott

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Legal Assessor, Northern Ireland Social Care Council; Legally Qualified Member, Social Security Appeal Tribunal, Northern Ireland; President, Northern Ireland Review Tribunal (Mental Health); Legal Assessor, Health and Care Professionals Council; Chair, Northern Ireland Victims' Payment Board Panels; Deputy Chair, Statutory Committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland; Former Head of Legal Team, Independent Neurology Public Inquiry (2018-2022); Former Solicitor, Directorate of Legal Services, Northern Ireland.

Dr William Seligman

BA (Hons) Oxon, BMBCh, MPH, MRCP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; Head of Corporate Advisory Services, Critical Care International; Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London (having worked as a Resident Doctor in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine across London since 2017); Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Fellow, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine; Member, Association of Anaesthetists; Member, Royal College of Physicians. 

Dr Emma Sellars

MB ChB, MRCGP, DFFP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; GP Partner, Peel Medical Practice, Tamworth; GP Appraiser, NHS England, West Midlands; Former GP Clinical Assistant in Gynaecology, Burton Hospitals (2017-2020); Member, Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH).

Mrs Cathie Seville

LLB (European Legal Studies)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Self-Employed Locum Consultant, Smith Partnership; Member, Law Society.

Mr Mohammad Shahid 

MB ChB, MRCSed, FRCS (Tr & Orth), MSc (Orth Eng), Dip (Football Med)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet; Major Trauma Consultant, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham; Team Doctor, Solihull Football Club; Interview Panel Member, Undergraduate Admissions for Medicine, University of Birmingham; Former Trainee Surgeon, West Midlands (2011-2018); Former Post CCT Fellow (Orthopaedic), Barts Hospital NHS Trust (2019-2020); Former Post CCT Fellow (Orthopaedic), Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust (2020-2021); Former Consultant (Orthopaedic); Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (2021-2022); Member, Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland; Member, Canadian Arthroplasty Society.

Mrs Nessa Sharkett 

LLB (Hons), PGDL, SCM

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Solicitor; Employment Judge.

Ms Joanne Shelley

BSc (Hons), Dip (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Solicitor; Partner at Law Firm; First-Tier Fee-Paid Tribunal Judge.

Mr Darren Shenton

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Former Panel Member, Conduct and Competence Committee, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Detective Chief Superintendent, Greater Manchester Police..  

Dr Anup Singh 

BSc, MB ChB, CCT (General Practice)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Locum GP since 2016; Medical Tribunal Member, Social Entitlement Chamber; Former GP, Prison Medicine; Former Salaried GP; Member of the Medical Legal Society of England and Wales; GP Expert Witness (Medico-Legal)

Dr Shopitha Sivaranjan

MBBS, BSc, MSc, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Salaried GP, Holland Park Surgery, London since 2023; Locum GP, London; Former Locum GP (Various locations), London (2018-2023); Former Salaried GP, Ruislip (2021-2022); Former Salaried GP, Hillingdon (2021); Former GP Trainee, London (2015-2018); Former Locum SHO (Various Hospitals), London (2014-2015); Former Foundation Doctor, Essex and East London (2011-2013); Member, British Medical Association.

Mr Tim (Timothy) Skelton

BSc (London University)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Panel Member, Fitness to Practise, Social Work England; Panel Chair, Fitness to Practise, Health and Care Professions Council; Former Panel Member, Fitness to Practise, Health Care Service Corporation; Former Panel Member, Fitness to Practise, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; Former Senior NHS Management, South England (1991-2007).

Dr Neil Smart 

MBChB, BSc (Hons), FCAI, MBA

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2016; Consultant Anaesthetist, NHS Glasgow and Clyde; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow; Chair, Scottish Health Technologies Council, Healthcare Improvement Scotland; Member, Interim Devices Working Group, MHRA; Former Adviser, European Commission, Medical Devices and In-Vitro Diagnostic Devices; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Association of Anesthetists, Great Britain and Ireland; Member, Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS).

Dr Alan Smith

BSc (Hons), MB ChB, MPhil, MRCPsych

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health); Specialist Member, Parole Board for England and Wales; Former Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, St Andrew’s Healthcare, Northampton (April 2020 – March 2021); Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Ms Kerry Smith

LLB (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Barrister; Trustee, Bone Sarcoma Peer Support; Member/Associate, Bone Cancer Research Trust; Member, Bar Council.

Mr Michael Smith

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Senior Crown Advocate, Yorkshire and Humberside Crown Prosecution Service; Fee-Paid First-Tier Immigration Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Ministry of Justice. 

Dame Nicola Stephenson DBE 

M.Ed, B.Ed

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; CEO, Valour Multi Academy Trust; Member, National Association of Head Teachers.

Mrs Alison Storey

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Senior Specialist Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Mr Jonathan Storey

MA, MSc (Oxon)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Barrister; Lay Panel Member & Chair, Fitness to Practice Committee, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Lay Member and Chair, Fitness to Practice Panel, Social Care Wales; Legally Qualified Adviser, Police Misconduct Tribunals; Regional Director, Lawyers' Christian Fellowship; Former Chair, Standards Committee, Salford City Council; Former Independent Person, Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP) Council; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL); Member, Criminal Bar Association.

Dr Euan Strachan-Orr 

BSc (Med Sci) (Hons), MB ChB, MRCGP

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; GP Partner, Greenbank Road Surgery, Liverpool; Bank GP, Clinical Coordinator, and GP Registrar Supervisor, Primary Care 24; Agenda Committee Member, UK and England Conferences of Local Medical Committees; Member, Liverpool LMC; Member, BMA Professional Regulation Committee; Interviewer and OSCE Examiner, University of Liverpool MBChB Course; Honorary Treasurer and Board Member, Royal College of General Practitioners Mersey Faculty; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Defence Union.

Mrs Helena Suffield-Thompson 

BA (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Tribunal Judge (Immigration, Social Entitlement, and Criminal Injuries Chambers), Ministry of Justice. Former roles available by contacting the MPTS.

Ms Louise Sweet KC

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister, King's Counsel.

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Ms Bushra Tabassum

LLM (Employment Law), LLB (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Independent Parole Board Member and Fee-Paid Tribunal Judge, Ministry of Justice; Former Legal Adviser (Crime, Family, and Civil), HM Courts and Tribunals Service; Former Legal Adviser, Independent Monitoring Authority. 

Mrs Lorna Taylor

BSc

Lay 

Tribunal Member since 2023; Lay Adjudicator, Social Work England; Lay Panel Member, Scottish Social Services Council; Non-Legal Member, Employment Tribunal Scotland; Non-Legal Member, Employment Tribunal England and Wales; Former Registrant Panel Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Nurse Practitioner, Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Trust; Member, Royal College of Nursing. 

Miss Gillian Temple-Bone

BA (Hons) (Law), MA

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister since 1978. 

Dr Kate Thomas

MBChB, BSc, FRCR

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2015; Consultant Radiologist; Associate Director of Medical Education, NHS Fife.

Mr Duncan Toole

LLB, Higher Rights of Audience (Criminal Courts)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Principal Legal Adviser for Enforcement, Office for Students; Mentor at General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) via Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL); Former Senior Regulatory Enforcement Lawyer (Ofsted); Member, ARDL.

Dr Joanne Topping

MBChB, FRCOG

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2016; Former Consultant Obstetrician, Former Associate Medical Director and Former Responsible Officer, Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Trust; Former Specialist Advisor (Maternity), Care Quality Commission; Former Trustee and Treasurer, Female Mutilation National Clinical Group (Charity); Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Dr Alice Trant

MBChB, MRCP, DTM&H

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; GP Trainee, Wessex; Former HIV and Sexual Health Specialist Registrar, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust (2019-2022); Former Medical Registrar, Barts Health NHS Trust London (2017-2019); Former Core Medical Trainee, Barts Health NHS Trust, London (2015-2017); Former Foundation Doctor, West Midlands (2013-2015); Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medial Protection Society.

Mr Alexander Trent

BA

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2025; Recorder (Crime), Ministry of Justice; Deputy District Judge (Civil and Family), Ministry of Justice; Fee-Paid First-Tier Tribunal Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Ministry of Justice; Legally Qualified Person, Police Misconduct Panels.

Mr Niamat Tullah

MRPharmS

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Director, Shukr Consulting Limited. 

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Dr Richard Vautrey

MB ChB (Hons), MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; GP Partner, Meanwood Group Practice; Clinical Director, Central North Leeds Primary Care Network; GP Appraiser, NHS England; Primary Medical Services Partner Representative, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board; Elected Member, British Medical Association Council; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

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Mr Andrew Waite

PPQ

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Lay Member, General Dental Council; Director of Rugby and Academy Chair, Andover Rugby Football Club; Retired Detective Chief Inspector, Hampshire Constabulary; Retired Member, Police Federation.

Mrs Judith Walker OBE

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2002; Solicitor; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council; Legal Adviser, Social Work England; Former Chief Crown Prosecutor, East Midlands, Crown Prosecution Service (2007-2013); Former Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, South Yorkshire (1999-2007); Member, Law Society.

Mr Gerry Wareham

LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2022; Barrister at Law; Member, Governance, Audit and Scrutiny Committee, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service; Joint Independent Audit Committee, Humberside Police Force; Chair of Trustees, Young People Count (registered charity); Former, Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service.

Mrs Amanda Webster

LLB (Hons), DIP ClinNeg

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Deputy District Judge (Civil and Family); Chair, Police Appeals Tribunal; Lay Member, Fitness to Practise Committee, General Optical Council; QA Lead, Quality Assurance Board, Witness Intermediary Service; Vice Chair, Red Rose Recovery.

Mr Andrew Webster KC

LLB (Hons), DLP

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; Queens Council; Part-time Sheriff, Scottish Judiciary; Chair, Police Appeals Tribunal, Scottish Judiciary; Legal Member, Pensions Appeal Tribunal, Scottish Judiciary; Legal Member, First-Tier Tribunal, Social Security Chamber, Scotland; Legally Qualified Chair, Scottish Social Services Council; Legal Assessor, General Osteopathic Council; Independent Reviewer of Complaints, Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board, Ireland; Independent Examiner of Complaints, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland; External Examiner, University of Glasgow; Director, Faculty Services Limited; Former Chair, Ministerial Panel under NHS Scotland Consultant Grade Contract Terms of Service; Advocate, Faculty of Advocates.

Mr Julian Weinberg

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Solicitor; Higher Court Advocate (Criminal); Legally Qualified Chair, General Pharmaceutical Council; Legally Qualified Chair/Legally Qualified Advisor, Mayors Office for Policing and Crime Police Disciplinary Panel; Legal Assessor, General Dental Council; Legal Assessor, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC);Legally Qualified Chair of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Architects Registration Board; Legal assessor for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; Tribunal Clerk, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries; Independent External Auditor, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); Consultant, Shaw Graham Kersh Solicitors; Former Trustee, The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund; Former Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Chair, General Teaching Council; Former Adjudicator, Solicitors Regulation Authority; Former Third Party Reviewer, Architects Registration Board (ARB); Former Case Examiner, General Optical Council; Former Legally Qualified Chair, Architects Registration Board (ARB); Former Chair, Disciplinary Panel, RICS; Former Legally Qualified Chair, Phone-paid Services Agency.

Ms Jayne Wheat

LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal Member since 2014; Legal Adviser, General Optical Council since 2025; Legal Adviser, General Pharmaceutical Council since 2025; Legally Qualified Person (LQP), Police Misconduct North West Region; Lay Panel Chair, Social Work England since 2019; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council since 2023; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council since January 2024; Former Lay Chair, Fitness to Practise Committee, General Optical Council (2015-2025); Former Lay Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (2017-2022); Former First-Tier Fee-Paid Tribunal Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber (2020-2023); Former Fee-Paid Judge, Employment Tribunal (2020-2023); Former Legal Adviser, HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), Criminal and Family Law (1996-2011).

 

Dr Richard Whiteside

MB BCh, DCH, DRCOG, PGDip (Clinical Forensic Medicine), MFFLM, MRCGP, BL

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; GP Partner, Comber Family Practice; GP Trainer, Northern Ireland Medical & Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA); Forensic Medical Officer, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI); Medical Member, Medical Appeals Tribunal, Belfast; Board Member, ARDS GP Federation; Former GP Partner, Bangor Health Centre, 2010-2013; Former GP Partner, Castlereagh Medical Centre, 2004-2009; Former Locum GP, Northern Ireland, 2001-2004; Former Barrister, Inn of Court of Northern Ireland, 1995-2000; Member, British Medical Association.

Mr Julian Williams

MBChB, MD, FRCS

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospital; Internal Professional Adviser (Surgery), Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; Member, British Medical Association (BMA); Member, Association Coloproctology Great Britain and Ireland; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Dr Theodore Willison-Parry

BSc (Hons), MBBS, MPhil

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Speciality Doctor in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Chief Medical Officer, Biosimax Lifesciences; Former Foundation Doctor, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2016-2018); Former Locally Employed Doctor, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (2018); Former Core Anaesthetists Trainee, Health Education England (2019-2021); Member, British Medical Association; Member, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Member, Medical Protection Society. 

Dr Mark Wilshere

MBChB, MRCGP, DCH, BSc (Hons)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; GP Partner, Quayside Medical Practice; Member, West Pennine Local Medical Committee.

Ms Emily Wood KC

MA (Cantab), BCL (Oxon)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2023; Barrister, Essex Court Chambers; Member, COMBAR.  

Dr Sarah Woodford

MA, MB, BChir, MRCGP, MPH, DFPH, DOccMed, DFSRH, RCPathME

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023; General Visitor, Court of Protection; Medical Examiner, Warrington & Halton Hospitals; GP Appraiser, NHS England North West; Coach, Royal College of General Practitioners; HMCTS Fee-Paid Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support, Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit); Regional Medical Appraiser, North-West Region; Medical Member, Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service; Former Medical Examiner, UHMBT (2020-2022); Former Complaints Advisor, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (2020-2022); Former GP Complaints Reviewer & Clinical Investigator, NHS England North-West (2018-2021); Former CQC Specialist Advisor, National QA Panel (2014-2021); Former GP Partner, Station House Surgery, Kendal (2006-2016); GP Research Champion, National Institute for Health and Care Research (2012-2015); Former GP Adult Safeguarding Lead, NHS Cumbria (2012-2013); GP Registrar (2004-2005); Specialist Registrar, Public Health (2002-2004); Former SHO, Training in Psychiatry (Leeds, Wakefield & Pontefract); Former SHO, Training in General Medicine (Norfolk & Norwich); Sign/BTS Asthma Guidelines (2014); NHS 111 Covid Clinical Assessment Service (South-Central Ambulance) (2020-2022); Coach, North-East and Yorkshire Leadership Academy; Coach, North-West Leadership Academy; Member, Royal College of Pathologists; Member, Medical Protection Society.

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Dr Farah Yusuf

MBChB, MRCGP, MFFLM, FFFLM

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2012; Forensic Physician, St Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) contracted to Greater Manchester Police, and Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Tutor and Trainer of Forensic Examiners and Allied Professionals; Examiner and Fellow, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians; Former PLAB Examiner, GMC; Former General Practitioner, Manchester.

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Dr Amir Zafar

MRCGP, MBBCh, ACA, DRCOG, DCH, BSc (Econ)

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2019; Partner, Charles Road Surgery, Birmingham; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, Association of Chartered Accountants; Member, British Medical Association.

Dr Jamal (Syed) Zaidi

MBBS, MRCOG, MD, FRCOG

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2023: Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Visiting Consultant, Sussex Premier Health; Visiting Consultant, Agora Clinic Sussex; Advisor, NHS England; Assessor, NHS Resolution; Former Assistant Medical Director and Former Deputy Responsible Officer, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (2013-2023); Member, British Fertility Society; Member, British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, Expert Witness Institute.

Dr Muhammad Zamir

BSc, MBBS, FRCR, EBIR, GDL, BPC

Registrant

Tribunal Member since 2025; Consultant Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist, NHS Hertfordshire and Spire Hospitals Northwest London; Member, British Medical Association (BMA); Member, Royal College of Radiologists (RCR).