NHS DOCTOR WHO ASSAULTED WOMAN ALLOWED BACK TO WORK
A doctor who was suspended after assaulting a woman and calling her “fat”, “ugly” and “a vile b---h” can now return to the NHS and treat patients.
Dr Thabo Miller, 41, a locum, was suspended for seven months at a misconduct hearing earlier this year after being convicted at a magistrates’ court of assault by beating.
He has now served the suspension and a review panel has ruled he can return to work, saying it now considered him fit to practise.
The review panel said: “Overall, the tribunal concluded that the risk of repetition was now low and that Dr Miller does not pose a risk to either patients or his victim.”
It said Dr Miller had carried out 50 hours of continuing professional development to keep his skills up to date, and it was satisfied he would be “safe to return to unrestricted practice”.
‘Fitness to practise is not impaired’
He had professional mentors in place, and his approach to returning to practice was “focused and well thought through”, it said.
The panel said it “bore in mind that it is in the interests of the public for good doctors to practise”, adding: “This tribunal has therefore determined that Dr Miller’s fitness to practise is not impaired by reason of misconduct and a conviction or caution for a criminal offence.”
Dr Miller, of Priddy, Somerset was given the seven-month suspension after being convicted of assault by beating at Newport magistrates’ court. The misconduct panel in March took his conviction into account and found his fitness to practise was impaired.
They previously heard the case did not involve “patient safety concerns” but Dr Miller had admitted calling a woman “fat”, “ugly”, and “a vile b---h”, grabbing her car’s wing mirror, and rocking the car back and forth on June 15, 2023.
The misconduct panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service allowed him to continue to work in the NHS for a month before the suspension began.
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