Kausik Ray
Introduction
Dr Kausik Ray is a doctor registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) who was convicted at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on 26 May 2022 of sexually assaulting a female colleague aged 16 or over, contrary to section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. In April 2026, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal reviewed his case and found his fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of the conviction, suspending his registration for a further twelve months .
Background Information
The offence took place in a consultation room at Royal Sussex County Hospital on 25 January 2021, when Ray clasped a colleague’s right breast, squeezed it gently and manoeuvred his hand for about a minute without her consent. He was sentenced to a community order of 100 hours of unpaid work, registration with the police for five years, and a two-year restraining order. He remains on the Sex Offenders Register until 29 June 2027. An earlier tribunal imposed a twelve-month suspension; the April 2026 hearing was a review of that order following a remittal .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Criminal conviction, recorded as such. Unlike most pages on this site, this case rests on a criminal conviction in a court of law, not on regulatory findings alone — the tribunal’s role was to assess what the conviction means for his fitness to practise.
The events leading to the conviction occurred at Ray’s workplace: the assault of a junior colleague in a consultation room, conduct the tribunal’s aggravating findings describe as serious in nature, committed in the workplace, against a junior colleague, and with what it called a profound impact upon Ms A. The criminal court’s sentence — a community order with 100 hours of unpaid work, five years of police registration and a restraining order — stands separately from anything decided by the tribunal .
At the April 2026 review, the tribunal accepted genuine mitigation: Ray was apologetic from an early stage and has demonstrated remorse; he has developed insight; since the last review he has undertaken relevant CPD, completed reflective work and provided written reflections; and testimonials came from his current employer in India, where he has practised for approximately six years without any known repetition. The tribunal accepted that his risk of repeating the behaviour was low .
It suspended him nonetheless. The tribunal attached significant weight to the fact that he remains on the Sex Offenders Register until 29 June 2027, and found that public confidence in the profession and proper professional standards would be seriously undermined if a doctor subject to sex offender registration were found not to be impaired. It imposed a further twelve-month suspension with an immediate order and directed a review hearing .
Public Reaction and Consequences
The consequences run on two tracks: the criminal sentence imposed in 2022 — community order, police registration, restraining order — and the regulatory suspension, now extended into a second consecutive year by the April 2026 review. The case is recorded in MedicWatch’s listing of doctors suspended in 2026 .
The victim is anonymised as Ms A in the determination, and this page follows that convention. The conviction is a matter of court record; the tribunal’s task at the review was prospective — whether impairment persists — and it answered yes while the registration requirements remain live .
Current Status
Ray is a suspended doctor under a further twelve-month order imposed on 10 April 2026, in force immediately, with a review directed. The tribunal’s reasoning makes the route back explicit: the decisive factor was his placement on the Sex Offenders Register until 29 June 2027, which means the natural checkpoint for any restoration argument is after those notification requirements expire .
Impact on Their Career/Life
A section 3 Sexual Offences Act conviction — for an assault on a colleague at his own hospital — permanently separates Ray’s name from every clean DBS check, job application and registration declaration he will ever make, in the UK or abroad. The tribunal’s review credits real rehabilitation: remorse, insight, six years of practice in India without known concerns. But it also holds the line the profession has drawn — that a doctor on the sex offender register cannot presently be found unimpaired, whatever the risk assessment says .