Matthew Jones

Introduction

Dr Matthew Jones is a general practitioner whose name was erased from the medical register by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) tribunal on 9 June 2026, following a substantive hearing that began on 2 February 2026 and ended the same day the decision was announced. The tribunal found that he had carried out sexually motivated examinations of two patients in 2015 that were not clinically indicated, touching their genital areas, and that he had taken sexual photographs of himself on a hospital landing in 2019. It concluded that his fitness to practise was impaired by misconduct and that erasure was the proportionate sanction . Although the underlying conduct dates to 2015 and 2019, the erasure decision of 9 June 2026 is the event that brought the matter to its conclusion and removed Dr Jones from the register.

Background Information

Dr Jones was a GP registered with the General Medical Council under number 7017606. Beyond his registration and specialty, the determination records no further personal or professional background. The matters considered by the tribunal concerned two patients, referred to as Patient A and Patient B, whom he examined in January 2015 and December 2015 respectively, and conduct at St Margaret’s Hospital in June 2019 . Patient B was found to have been vulnerable by reason of her mental health.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Allegations vs. findings. No criminal proceedings are recorded in the determination. The findings are regulatory findings by an MPTS tribunal on the civil standard. Dr Jones admitted parts of the allegations — including conduct he accepted amounted to serious misconduct — but denied the sexually motivated touching and disputed other particulars; those contested elements were for the tribunal to decide, and this page distinguishes admitted from contested matters as the determination does.

The General Medical Council alleged that in January 2015 Dr Jones examined Patient A, and in December 2015 examined Patient B, in ways that were not clinically indicated and were sexually motivated, and that Patient B was vulnerable due to her mental health. It was further alleged that during abdominal examinations he touched the patients’ genital areas, and that in June 2019 he engaged in sexual behaviour at St Margaret’s Hospital by taking photographs of himself naked and sexually aroused in and outside a residential room .

Dr Jones admitted some elements of the allegations, including placing his hand under Patient A’s clothing and taking the photographs, but denied the sexually motivated touching and disputed other particulars. The tribunal went on to find that, during the January 2015 abdominal examination, he placed his hand under Patient A’s clothing, rubbed her pubic hair, moved his hand towards and rubbed the opening of her vagina, and pressed his body and erect penis against her. It also found that, during a December 2015 home visit, he touched Patient B’s vulva . The tribunal found that these examinations were not clinically indicated and were sexually motivated, and that Patient B was vulnerable due to her mental health. Several other particulars were found not proved.

The photographs Dr Jones admitted taking on a hospital landing amounted, in the tribunal’s judgement, to serious misconduct. Taken together with the examination findings, the tribunal concluded that his conduct constituted a serious departure from Good Medical Practice .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The determination does not record media coverage or public statements, and no public reaction is documented in the source material. What the record does establish is the regulatory consequence: the tribunal found Dr Jones’s fitness to practise impaired on all three limbs of public protection, and it identified aggravating factors that increased the seriousness of his conduct. These included that the conduct was repeated; that it involved the exploitation of two patients in a clinical setting, one of whom was vulnerable by reason of her poor mental health; that, although there was no evidence of premeditation, the conduct was opportunistic and predatory; that it involved an abuse of his professional position; and that it showed a reckless disregard for patient safety and professional standards . The consequence of these findings was erasure: removal of his name from the medical register, meaning he is no longer permitted to practise medicine in the UK.

Current Status

As of the tribunal’s decision on 9 June 2026, Dr Matthew Jones has been struck off the register. Erasure is otherwise indefinite, although it can be reviewed after a minimum of five years .

Impact on Their Career/Life

The erasure ended Dr Jones’s ability to practise as a doctor in the United Kingdom. The tribunal’s finding that his fitness to practise was impaired on all three limbs of public protection, and its choice of the most severe available sanction, means that any return to medical practice would require a successful review at the earliest after five years . The determination records no other consequences concerning his personal life.

Sources

• MedicWatch, “Matthew Jones — Struck off the register · 9 June 2026”, 9 June 2026.source