Doctor accused of examining patients with blood-stained gloves

A doctor has been accused of examining patients with blood-stained gloves.

Dr Syeda Siddiqui is due to face a misconduct tribunal after being investigated by the General Medical Council (GMC), which regulates the register of doctors able to practise in the UK.

Dr Siddiqui is alleged to have examined two patients on 7 August 2024 at the Community Health and Eyecare Ltd Clinic (CHEC) in Warrington, Cheshire, with non-sterile gloves contaminated with the blood of a previous patient.

She also faces a similar allegation that she examined a patient at CHEC's Stockport clinic on 10 December 2024 with non-sterile, contaminated gloves.

Dr Siddiqui had been carrying out "minor operations" on other patients prior to the incidents outlined.

The GMC also alleged that Dr Siddiqui, who qualified from the University of Manchester in 1984, collected used, non-sterile equipment to take home.

A notice of the hearing stated the doctor claimed that it was "normal practice" at another CHEC branch when she knew that was untrue.

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Source: BBC News, 13 October 2026