Medicine
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2 days agoNew guidance on doctors' sexual misconduct cases
New MPTS guidance adds sanctions bandings and clearer seriousness assessments to promote consistent, proportionate tribunal decisions in sexual misconduct cases.
UK doctors who are guilty of sexual misconduct are not being appropriately sanctioned due to weak disciplinary processes, research reveals. Nearly a quarter (24%) of doctors found guilty of sexual misconduct were handed suspensions but allowed to continue working in medicine, according to analysis of fitness to practice tribunals by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS). This is despite the regulator, the General Medical Council (GMC), recommending they be struck off the medical register.