UK doctors are guilty of sexual misconduct that are not hit, and find research doctors
Research has revealed that British doctors who guilty of sexual misconduct are not appropriately punished due to poor disciplinary operations.
Almost a quarter of (24 %) of doctors who were convicted of sexual behavior were delivered, but the pendants were delivered, but allowed to continue working in medicine, according to L. Fitness analysis to practice courts By the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS). This is despite the organizer, the General Medical Council (GMC), they recommend that the medical registry be injured.
GMC is looking for complaints against doctors and indicates the most dangerous cases to the MPTS court service to establish if they are still decent to practice.
The study analyzed 222 cases of the new MPTS court between August 2023 and August 2024 and found that among 46 cases of specific sexual misconduct, MPTS imposed the same disciplinary punishment recommended by GMC in 35 cases. In 11 cases, MPTS only decided to suspend the doctor instead of wiping them from medical records.
“We hope this study will help in MPTS to think about whether it receives its goals of protecting the public, ensuring that the doctors fulfill professional standards and enhance the public’s confidence in the medical profession. Allow the rapists and sexual animals and my people who use treatment and transfer to practitioners,” said Mai Nortley, a consultant for vascular wounds and research author.
The research, published in the Royal College of Surgeons in England, found that all the perpetrators were male doctors, with more than 80 % of power positions. Many cases included multiple goals, which show repeated and systemic illness.
in Relevant In the British Medical Journal, the authors were martyred in many recent prominent cases that “feed concerns about consistency and sufficiency” of sanctions. This included the MPTS court earlier this year, he found a severe medical consultant guilty of rape, but he handed him a 12 -month comment instead of hitting him, because he was considered a “one -time event”.
Another doctor was found “follow -up and prepared” a weak patient from the age of fourteen, but he was only suspended from the record for 12 months, as the court committee referred to evidence of “insight, treatment and remorse” because the reason was that he was not hit.
RCS said that the results of both papers showed that the medical regulation system was “a failed targets of misconduct.” Vice President Professor Vivian Liz said that the research is the most prominent “regarding the depth of contradictions”, which risked “by leaving the perpetrators in power and eroding confidence in the profession.”
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Reports authors recommend “urgent and pioneer” reform, including augmented training for members of court panels, and more victim’s support and measures to ensure that the sanctions are less dependent on self -evidence.
Dr. Chelsea Gyeet, co -founder of survival in Al -Daak, said that the results highlighted how the sanctions highlighted “often giving priority to the professions of the perpetrators to protect patients and colleagues.”
GMC said it took an incredible approach to sexual misconduct. A spokesman said: “In cases of sexual misconduct, we will often ask that the doctor be removed from the medical registry. We feel that the penalties applied by the independent court are very tolerated, we can resume and lack it. A large percentage of our appeal is successful and leads to stronger penalties.”
A MPTS spokesman said: “We are aware of the impact of our work and the court’s decisions on the lives of all participants in our sessions. It is important for doctors to have a fair session that evaluates all the evidence provided by both GMC and the doctor and that the issues make a honest decision.”
The spokesman said that MPTS was to publish new instructions for the courts on September 30.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said: “Sexual assault or harassment in any health care environment is completely unacceptable, and this report is very related. We expect employers and organizers to achieve properly and take measures against sexual misconduct.
“This government is determined to create a culture in which employees feel safe and supported. We have already taken decisive measures and provided the first organizational sexual safety charter for the health care system, as well as promoting medical professions regarding reporting miscarriage. We also guarantee those informed of violations in speaking, knowing that they will be supported and their fears of ACT and ACT are included on”