Resort doctor struck off after panel is told he 'worked without indemnity insurance' and 'wrote two fake letters'

Dr Jonathan Bundy was punished after a panel of experts heard the accusation that, between July 2015 and September 2017, he "knowingly practised medicine without indemnity insurance", documents from the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) revealed.

It was further alleged that Dr Bundy, who qualified from the University of Sheffield in 1991 and also worked in Doncaster, "was responsible for the creation of two letters purporting to be from MDU Services Ltd, which he submitted to his employers, stating that he was indemnified by MDU Services Ltd when he was not”, the documents added.

“It is alleged that Dr Bundy’s actions, as set out above, were dishonest.”

MDU is a bona fide indemnity organisation, led and staffed by doctors, dating back to 1885.

All doctors must have adequate and appropriate insurance in place when they work in the UK, according to the General Medical Council, which covers accidents and other possible medical blunders and allows compensation to be paid to affected patients.

The MPTS's hearing was held in Oxford Street, Manchester, from September 28 until October 2, and largely in private, according to The Gazette's sister title the Doncaster Free Press.

At its conclusion, the panel found Dr Bundy's ability to work to be "impaired" and decided to strike his name from the medical register.

The MPTS, which could have simply imposed conditions that restricted the suspended Dr Bundy's ability to practise medicine, suspended him, or even taken no further action, has yet to release its findings in full.

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