A JUNIOR doctor suspended for 12 months after allowing falsified information to be published has been deemed fit to practice again.

At a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing in Manchester last Friday it was noted that Dr Gemima Doolub, who formerly worked at the John Radcliffe Hospital, had expressed genuine ‘horror, shame and remorse’ since the incident came to light last year.

In February and March 2013 she had submitted papers and research to two cardiology journals on treatment for blocked capillaries after a heart attack.

The papers contained incorrect data and falsely named two of her colleagues, Dr Erica Dall’Armellina and Dr Colin Forfar, as co-authors, and had not been approved by Oxford University.

Last year the tribunal service concluded her actions ‘’fell seriously below expected standards and amounted to misconduct’.

Since then, last week’s tribunal heard, Dr Doolub had undertaken a ‘process of reflection’, writing out five separate statements expressing remorse and a readiness to get back to work.

She also took more than 200 e-learning courses, attended several training sessions despite the financial constraints on her due to lack of work and shadowed a cardiologist in Gloucestershire.

In its final report, the MPTS concluded: “The tribunal accepted your statements, set out in both your written reflections and oral evidence, that your expressions of horror, shame and remorse for your previous actions were genuine.

“It has seen no evidence of any repetition of similar actions since the incidents in 2013, and it was satisfied that you will not repeat your dishonest behaviour of almost four years ago.

“The tribunal determined that your fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of your misconduct.”

The suspension initially imposed on Dr Doolub will end on March 11 this year.