Overview

• Tribunal records show Dr Suhail Anjum admitted engaging in sexual activity with a colleague after leaving a patient under general anaesthetic at Tameside Hospital on 16 September 2023.
• He was absent from the operating theatre for eight minutes and the patient suffered no harm, though he acknowledged his conduct posed a potential risk.
• The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled his behaviour constituted serious misconduct yet found a very low risk of repetition and no impairment of fitness to practise.
• The panel today placed a formal warning on his registration for two years to uphold public confidence and act as a deterrent.
• Anjum was dismissed by Tameside and Glossop NHS Trust in February 2024, has been working in Pakistan, and told the hearing he hopes to resume practice in the UK.