Moboladale Ojutiku
Introduction
Dr Moboladale Ojutiku is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who was employed by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and was suspended from the medical register for twelve months by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal in June 2026. The tribunal found that over roughly two years he dishonestly ran paid private clinics during hours he was contracted to spend working for the NHS, collecting payment from both sides for the same periods of time .
Background Information
Consultants in the NHS may hold contracts that permit private practice, but only outside the hours for which the Trust pays them, and only with permission. Ojutiku’s case concerns the gap between those rules and what he actually did: private clinics run for Ramsay Health Care at Chartwell Private Hospital on numerous occasions between April 2017 and May 2019, scheduled against NHS contracted hours. The tribunal noted he continued to work for the Trust for approximately four years after the conduct came to light, without further similar concerns .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Adjudicated (regulatory), not a criminal case. The dishonesty findings below were made by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal applying the civil standard of proof. They are not a criminal conviction; nothing in the fetched record establishes any prosecution.
The allegation, found proved, was that while employed as a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Ojutiku undertook private clinics at Chartwell Private Hospital for Ramsay Health Care on numerous occasions between April 2017 and May 2019, during hours he was contracted to the Trust, and received payment for that work while also being paid by the Trust for the same periods. The tribunal found he knew that during his contracted hours he was not permitted to work for another provider and had to work onsite, that he had not obtained permission for either, and that his conduct was dishonest .
The tribunal placed the misconduct towards the higher end of the spectrum of seriousness: it was persistent, premeditated and financially motivated over a prolonged period, with personal gain of approximately £24,000. It found his insight remained limited and still developing because he continued to characterise the matter as time-shifting rather than dishonesty. Patient safety was not engaged, but the tribunal found a current and ongoing high risk to public confidence in the profession and to proper professional standards .
In mitigation, the tribunal accepted an extensive career spanning several decades, the four further years of unrestricted work without similar concerns, and evidence that he had worked extremely hard and frequently gone above and beyond in the pursuit of patient care, alongside positive patient and colleague feedback and testimonials. It considered these carried some weight but did not materially reduce the seriousness. As a senior consultant expected to lead by example, his departure from the standards had additional impact. The tribunal suspended his registration for twelve months, directed a review, and imposed no immediate order .
Public Reaction and Consequences
The consequence is the twelve-month suspension imposed on 15 June 2026, with a review directed before the order ends. The case is recorded in MedicWatch’s listing of doctors suspended in 2026; no public statement from Ojutiku, the Trust or Ramsay Health Care appears in the fetched record beyond the tribunal’s determination .
Nothing in the fetched record establishes any criminal charge arising from the double payment, and none should be inferred from this page. The financial dimension — approximately £24,000 in personal gain — was treated by the tribunal as an aggravating feature of misconduct, not as a separate prosecution .
Current Status
Ojutiku is a suspended consultant under a twelve-month order imposed on 15 June 2026, with a review hearing directed before it expires. The tribunal’s finding that his insight remains limited — because he still frames the conduct as time-shifting — is the specific gap the review will test. Without a shift in that framing, the record suggests the order could deepen .
Impact on Their Career/Life
A senior clinician’s standing rests on trust in how he bills his time, and a tribunal finding of two years of dishonest double-claiming — at the higher end of seriousness — permanently marks a career that had earlier been spent, in the tribunal’s own words, going above and beyond for patient care. The twelve-month order keeps erasure off the table for now, but the review will decide whether a doctor who maintains he did nothing dishonest returns to the register unchanged .