The initial MPTS hearing in 2022 addressed allegations arising from a consultation at Royal Stoke University Hospital in 2018. The tribunal found that Dr Wolverson had engaged in inappropriate conduct toward a patient — identified in proceedings as Ms A — relating to a request to remove a face covering. The 2022 tribunal further found that Dr Wolverson had been dishonest in his account of his reasons for his conduct: in an email dated May 2018, he described the reason as that the patient “spoke poor English”, that he was “struggling to understand her”, and that he was “trying to look at her mouth movements to aid communication.” The tribunal found this explanation to be dishonest.

The 2022 tribunal also considered evidence that Dr Wolverson had made disparaging comments in patient medical notes about other patients’ English language skills. The tribunal found those comments to be disrespectful and serving no clinical purpose.

The conduct was found to constitute serious misconduct. The 2022 tribunal described the behaviour as breaching fundamental tenets of the medical profession and having the potential to bring the profession into disrepute. A nine-month suspension was imposed.

Further misconduct emerged when, in late 2022, it was found that Dr Wolverson had worked locum shifts at Urgent Care Centres in Derby and Stoke-on-Trent while his registration was suspended, even after the MPTS had written to him in November 2022 confirming that the suspension was active and that no appeal had been lodged with the High Court. The tribunal found that Dr Wolverson had failed to inform his employer or agency of the suspension and continued working. The Tribunal’s subsequent April 2026 Record of Determinations described working while suspended as a finding “of the utmost gravity.”

In the course of GMC investigation, additional entries in patient medical notes authored by Dr Wolverson were examined. These included comments about patients’ English language abilities written in capitals in clinical records. The 2022 tribunal found these comments to be disrespectful, to serve no clinical purpose, and to be capable of undermining a patient’s trust in him and the wider profession. Dr Wolverson acknowledged during the tribunal that these notes were “regrettable.”

At the August 2023 review hearing, the tribunal found fitness to practise remained impaired, but noted Dr Wolverson had provided a reflective statement and given oral evidence. A 12-month conditions order with a review was imposed.

At the May/September 2024 hearing (heard May and September 2024), a further 12-month suspension was imposed following a finding that fitness to practise remained impaired.

At the October 2025 review hearing (9–10 October 2025), the tribunal again found impairment and imposed a six-month suspension. Dr Wolverson did not attend. The tribunal found no evidence of insight or remediation as of that hearing.

At the April 2026 review hearing (9–10 April 2026), the tribunal found that Dr Wolverson had completely disengaged from the GMC since May 2025. Letters sent in December 2025 by email and hard copy were returned marked “addressee gone away.” The tribunal found no evidence of insight, no evidence of remediation, no reflective statement, no CPD evidence, and no testimonials. The tribunal determined that fitness to practise remained impaired, noting that the risk to patient safety had increased since the October 2025 hearing, and that Dr Wolverson had not practised since 2022, raising concerns about deskilling.