A DUNDEE doctor who specialises in plastic surgery has been banned from practising by the General Medical Council for 18 months.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the council’s Interim Orders Panel pending the outcome of an investigation into Dr Fayez Abdel Aleem Moustafa El-Deeb.

No details of the circumstances leading to the decision are given in the findings but a suspension has been imposed on his registration until August 7, 2009.

A spokesman for the GMC said cases are referred to the Interim Orders Panel when a doctor is facing allegations of such a nature that it may be necessary for the protection of the public, or otherwise be in the public interest or in the interests of the doctor for the registration to be restricted while allegations are resolved.

The spokesman said that considerations taken into account included preserving public trust in the medical profession and maintaining good standards of conduct and performance.

The GMC registers doctors to practise medicine in the UK and its main purpose is to ensure proper standards.