'Danger' doctor intends to quit profession
DIN/Getty CreativeA doctor found by a tribunal to be "a danger to the public" has been handed a third suspension to give him time to voluntarily leave the profession.
Dr Jan Mozny was suspended in April last year for failing six patients in March 2020, when he was a locum consultant specialising in medical oncology for the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
A tribunal ruled he had prescribed chemotherapy but not provided correspondence, prescribed the wrong course of treatment for another patient, while a third was seen but no paperwork recorded and they were not provided with their CT scan results.
Dr Mozny was first suspended for nine months, and a further nine months in January.
The repeat suspensions were because Dr Mozny, who qualified in 1976 at Charles University in Prague, had failed to provide evidence of insight into the seriousness of his misconduct or that he had kept his knowledge and skills up to date.
Dr Mozny, who did not attend the latest tribunal on 8 November, said in a letter that he intended to voluntarily erase his name from the General Medical Council's register, adding he has no intention to work in medicine again either in the UK or abroad.
The latest tribunal found Dr Mozny "remains impaired as he continues to be a danger to the public if he is left to practise unrestricted".
He was given a 12-month suspension to allow him to contact the GMC, or take steps to prove his fitness to practise.
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