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Tribunal retires to consider ruling in neurologist fitness to practise hearing

Northern Ireland

Fitness to practise hearing for neurologist Michael Watt proceeds in his absence

A tribunal panel in a fitness to practise hearing into a neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest recall of patients has retired to consider its findings. Earlier, the tribunal chairman said the case could proceed despite the legal ...

27 Oct 2023 at 16:08

Northern Ireland

Neurologist Dr Michael Watt withdraws lawyer from fitness to practise hearing

A neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest ever recall of patients has withdrawn his legal representative from a tribunal considering his fitness to practise. A lawyer for Belfast-based neurologist Dr Michael Watt said the ...

27 Oct 2023 at 11:11

Northern Ireland

Neurologist to face new fitness to practise hearing

A neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest ever recall of patients is to face a new public hearing over his fitness to practise. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has announced that a hearing into Dr ...

21 Aug 2023 at 15:45

Northern Ireland

Neurologist gave patients drugs with toxic side-effects, tribunal told

An assessment report into a Belfast-based neurologist found that he repeatedly failed to make correct diagnoses, which led to patients inappropriately being given drugs with “serious and toxic side-effects”, a fitness to practise ...

04 Sept 2023 at 11:56

Doctors’ tribunal service updates guidance following accusations of ‘leniency’

The doctors’ tribunal service has strengthened guidance following a report revealed that sanctions for doctors found guilty of sexual misconduct may be “too lenient”. Research published in The Bulletin of the Royal College of ...

01 Oct 2025 at 12:42

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