Leeds doctor caught in drug sting can return to medical work

Consultant paediatric neurologist Colin Ferrie resigned from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust after being exposed in a national newspaper sting.

And, last October, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) imposed a four-month suspension on him.

But now, following a review hearing, the MPTS has decided that Dr Ferrie’s fitness to practise is no longer “impaired”.

Any return to medical work will, however, be subject to a number of conditions for a period of 12 months.

They include a requirement to notify the General Medical Council with details of any post he accepts.

In a determination addressed to Dr Ferrie, MPTS tribunal chair Dr Liz Ball said: “In all of the circumstances, the tribunal determined that your fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of misconduct.”