A Nottinghamshire doctor who was suspended for dishonesty has been suspended from practice for a further year. Dr Khalid Shendi, who was based in Ashfield, was banned from operating as a doctor in 2020 after a tribunal heard he misled people in the medical profession on several occasions.
The latest review of his case, held on January 27, resulted in a further 12-month suspension after no evidence was submitted to prove the doctor was no longer impaired. "The tribunal concluded that Dr Shendi appears to have disengaged from the regulatory process in light of the fact that no new evidence has been received," reads the ruling.
The initial tribunal, in January that year, heard how Dr Shendi recorded in medical notes that he had contacted numerous medical professionals about a patient, despite knowing this was incorrect. It related to a patient he was treating in hospital in March 2016, when the doctor wrote in notes he had contacted a consultant urologist on call for advice on how to treat the patient.
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He then claimed he was advised by this consultant the patient should be transferred to Derby Hospital for treatment, and advised he had also contacted a doctor at the hospital about the patient. The tribunal found none of these claims made by Dr Shendi were true, and that he "knew this was incorrect" because he had not contacted any of the professionals.
It was also found Dr Shendi had told professionals at his workplace he needed to take an early lunch break due to his diabetes, despite knowing he "was not diabetic". Following the initial hearing, he was banned from practice for 12 months.
Reviews of his case took place in May 2021 and January 2022, with both deciding to extend Dr Shendi's suspension. The most recent review, for which the doctor did not appear at, said the circumstances of the case had not changed since the review in 2022.
It decided to suspend Dr Shendi for the maximum period, saying a suspension would "protect the public as well as upholding public confidence in the profession".
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