"The criticism is based on the outcomes of 46 cases with offences including harassment, rape, and assaults of patients, colleagues and children. Some medics were handed suspensions instead of following General Medical Council advice to strike them off the medical register. The MPTS says it recognises the impact tribunal decisions have on all those involved and will soon publish new guidance for tribunals."
"This new study by six independent academics, analysed 222 MPTS tribunal cases heard between August 2023 and August 2024. Of these cases, 46 involved proven sexual misconduct. One of the 46 cases from 2024 involved a UK transplant surgeon who was given an eight month suspension despite misconduct spanning over a decade. He was accused of abuses of power, targeting multiple trainees under his supervision, sexual harassment, non-consensual touching during surgery and racism."
Analysis of 222 MPTS tribunal cases heard between August 2023 and August 2024 identified 46 cases with proven sexual misconduct. Around a quarter of those cases resulted in sanctions judged too lenient, including suspensions instead of erasure from the medical register. Offences included harassment, rape, and assaults of patients, colleagues and children. Notable decisions included an eight-month suspension for a transplant surgeon with decade-long misconduct and a 12-month suspension for a doctor who groomed a patient from age 14. The GMC and Professional Standards Authority appealed perceived lenient outcomes. The MPTS plans to publish new tribunal guidance.
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