Suspended doctor sees ban lifted

DR Khurana

A CHADDERTON GP who was banned from practising for more than two years has had the suspension lifted three months early.

Dr Jagdish Khurana (73), of Pexwood, Chadderton, was given a temporary suspension order by the General Medical Council (GMC) in December, 2006.

In September, the GMC backed the continuation of the ban until January, 2009.

Following a review of the case, the GMC announced it had revoked the ban which was imposed by its Interim Orders Panel.

No details of the circumstances leading to imposition of the ban are given in the newly published decision to revoke it.

However, a spokesman for the GMC said cases such as this are referred to the Interim Orders Panel when a doctor is facing allegations of such a nature that it may be necessary for the protection of members of the public, or otherwise be in the public interest or in the interests of the doctor, for the doctor’s registration to be restricted while the allegations are resolved.

The spokesman said that considerations taken into account included preserving public trust in the medical profession and maintaining good standards.

Dr Khurana was cleared in August, 2007, of groping a string of women during intimate examinations when he was a locum doctor at Chadderton Health Centre.

A jury at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court unanimously cleared the GP, who denied all charges, after a two-week trial.