Shrewsbury doctor failed to comply with investigation after concerns were raised about his performance
A Shrewsbury doctor whose performance was deemed to be “poor” failed to comply with a requirement to provide documents, a tribunal has found.
Dr Joseph Rugemintwaza – who qualified as a doctor from the National University of Rwanda in 2002 – was working at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital at the time concerns were raised.
On January 27, 2025, Dr John Jones, responsible officer at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), referred the matter to the General Medical Council (GMC) after a clinical performance assessment was carried out on June 23, 2023.
It found that performance was poor in the following areas of Dr Rugemintwaza’s practise:
assessment of patient’s condition
clinical management
use of resources
infection control
maintaining professional performance.
The GMC first contacted Dr Rugemintwaza on March 3 via email. After the doctor confirmed his contact details, the GMC representative called him the following day to confirm that the necessary documentation would be emailed.
This included a letter from the assistant registrar and a Work Details Form that had to be completed and returned by March 12.
Dr Rugemintwaza confirmed receipt of the documents on March 6, but expressed confusion regarding the date the Work Details Form needed to be returned by, and the date of an upcoming Interim Orders Tribunal hearing. The dates were clarified by the GMC.
