Nicholas Chapman
Introduction
Nicholas Chapman is a doctor who qualified with an MB ChB in 1993 at the University of Cape Town and later practised in the United Kingdom as a full-time GP partner, registered with the General Medical Council under number 4145268. In June 2023 he was convicted at Gloucester Crown Court of attempting to cause a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and on 8 July 2025 a Medical Practitioners Tribunal sitting under the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) directed that he be erased from the medical register.
His case combined two distinct matters. The first was a criminal conviction arising from an incident in September 2021 in which he gave a cup of coffee to a woman referred to in the determination as Ms B. The second was an allegation that between 2016 and 2021 he engaged in a course of conduct towards a woman referred to as Ms A that constituted sexual harassment, was sexually motivated and was an abuse of his more senior position. The tribunal considered both the conviction and the alleged misconduct, recorded its decision on impairment as impaired, and directed erasure.
Background Information
Chapman qualified with his MB ChB in 1993 at the University of Cape Town and was registered with the General Medical Council, holding registration number 4145268. At the time of the alleged events he was practising as a full-time GP partner. The published determination does not name his practice: the practice name is redacted in the record and appears simply as “XXX”.
The matters put before the tribunal spanned several years. The alleged course of conduct towards Ms A covers the period from 2016 to 2021. The incident involving Ms B took place in September 2021, the criminal proceedings concluded in June and July 2023, and the tribunal’s substantive hearing ran from 23 June to 8 July 2025.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Adjudicated vs. alleged. Chapman’s June 2023 conviction is a matter of court record; the separate course-of-conduct allegations concerning Ms A were never admitted and never criminally charged, and remained allegations before the tribunal.
On 15 June 2023, at Gloucester Crown Court, Chapman was convicted of attempting to cause a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. On 6 July 2023 he was made subject to a twelve-month Community Order and a Restraining Order for a period of ten years, and he was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for a period of five years.
The conviction concerned an incident in September 2021. Chapman gave Ms B a cup of coffee. She was “concerned that a substance had been placed in her drink” and reported the incident to the police. Forensics confirmed that the coffee contained semen and that it had a DNA profile matching that of Chapman.
Separately, the charges before the tribunal alleged that Chapman had engaged in a course of conduct between 2016 and 2021 towards Ms A that constituted sexual harassment, was sexually motivated and was an abuse of his more senior position. These matters were put to the tribunal as allegations. They were not the subject of the criminal proceedings, and they were never admitted.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal therefore considered a combined conviction/caution and misconduct case when it sat between 23 June and 8 July 2025.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The tribunal recorded its decision on impairment as impaired. In reaching that conclusion it had before it both the conviction — an established fact from the criminal courts — and the alleged course of conduct towards Ms A, which fell to be assessed as an allegation. On the basis of that assessment the tribunal directed erasure from the medical register.
The criminal consequences imposed by the court in July 2023 formed part of the same record: a twelve-month Community Order, a ten-year Restraining Order and five years on the Sex Offenders Register. Beyond the regulator’s published determination — which MedicWatch reproduces without editorialising the findings — no wider public reaction is recorded in the source material.
Current Status
On 8 July 2025 the tribunal directed erasure, striking Chapman off the medical register. Erasure removes a doctor’s registration with the GMC and ends their ability to practise as a registered medical practitioner in the United Kingdom. The published record notes that the decision explains when the direction takes effect, and that anyone wishing to confirm his current registration status should check the official register.
Impact on Their Career/Life
The erasure ends Chapman’s registration with the GMC. For a doctor who had practised as a full-time GP partner, removal from the register brings the registered clinical career to an end, since erased doctors may no longer practise as registered medical practitioners in the United Kingdom.
Alongside the regulatory outcome, the 2023 conviction carried court-imposed obligations of its own: the twelve-month Community Order, the ten-year Restraining Order and the five-year Sex Offenders Register requirement. Beyond these, the source material records no further details about the impact on his life.
Sources
- MedicWatch, “Nicholas Chapman — Struck off the register · 8 July 2025,” added 5 May 2026. source