General Medical Council in High Court battle to ban Blackpool Victoria Hospital consultant
The General Medical Council is fighting to strip a former Blackpool Victoria Hospital consultant of his ability to practise medicine permanently.
Dr Aloaye Foy-Yamah, who formerly worked at Blackpool Victoria Hospital as a consultant in acute medicine, was arrested and accused of the rape of a woman at his home in December 2018. Despite a lengthy investigation by Lancashire Police, the Crown Prosecution Service did not press any formal charges.
Following internal investigations, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) held a tribunal to decide whether the allegations against Dr Foy-Yamah would affect his role as a consultant at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The tribunal found that, on the balance of probabilities he had raped the young woman and suspended his licence.
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However, the General Medical Council (GMC), which handles the register of doctors licensed to practice in the UK, called into question whether Dr Foy-Yamah should have his medical licence stripped permanently, insisting the tribunal had not taken on board the seriousness of the misconduct.
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The panel, however, had reasoned that the incident had not taken place at work and that the consultant had not abused his trust as the young woman was not a patient of Dr Foy-Yamah’s.
A statement from the MPTS read: “Following a GMC appeal against the outcome of the medical practitioners tribunal (MPT) hearing concluded in January 2025, the High Court remitted Dr Foy-Yamah’s case to be heard by an MPTS tribunal at the sanction stage.
Dr Foy-Yamah, who denies the allegations, has also appealed the decision.