Due to the high stakes involved in ensuring child protection and preventing harm to children, there are a number of mandatory requirements placed on healthcare professionals

Trust is the foundation of the patient-doctor relationship. Patients should be able to trust that their doctor will behave professionally towards them; this is of particular importance where clinical assessments involve intimate examinations of patients.

An inquiry into a doctor who worked in Donegal when he was precluded from practising medicine in Ireland due to concerns over possible misuse of controlled drugs has made 11 findings of professional misconduct against him.

A doctor has been sanctioned over “sexually motivated misconduct” involving a woman patient. A tribunal found A&E medic Matthew Young’s behaviour was “opportunistic” rather than “predatory”.

The importance of trauma informed healthcare cannot be underestimated. Healing starts with understanding- trauma informed healthcare providers don't just treat illness, but the person behind the symptoms.

NHS managers who silence whistleblowers will be banned from working in other senior health service roles, the government has announced.

By Benita Kolovos - The Guardian - 01.07.2025 - [Joshua Brown] - [PREVENTION] Victorian health authorities are recommending that 1,200...

Doctor has been arrested and charged for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse material

Patients put at risk as dentists sanctioned abroad are allowed to practise in Ireland

A physician has admitted before a panel of an Ontario discipline tribunal that his acts of repeatedly following 12 girls with his vehicle and publicly masturbating in the line of sight of an adult woman amounted to professional misconduct.

A creepy doctor claimed he hid cameras in various bathrooms to film friends and colleagues as he had concerns over the size of his penis has been jailed. Anaesthetist Ju Young Um

Is it appropriate for a doctor who disregards women's rights, defies directives from state law enforcement, lodges false grievances against colleagues with their professional association, and continues to provide false testimony during an inquiry to be trusted by their profession, peers, and patients? Can a "misunderstanding of cultures" ever justify this behaviour? Is this individual fit to practise anywhere as a "family doctor"? Would you feel secure referring female patien

Medical chaperones could protect patients from abuse. More hospitals are using them

Sexual abuse cases involving medical personnel targeting patients and their families have shocked the public, traumatized the victims, and undermined public trust in healthcare services.

Doctor not struck off by panel over 'one-off' rape

If a doctor has been removed from the GMC register, thereby losing the legal right to practice medicine in the UK, is this information communicated to regulatory bodies in other regions? If not, this should be prioritised to prevent potential risks to patients in different jurisdictions.

A patient who was abused by a doctor at the Royal Cornwall Hospital has said "nobody should have the power for this to happen again"

By Eilish O'Regan - Irish Independent - 14.11.2024 [Medical Council] - [Prevention] A bogus doctor was found to be treating patients and...

By Amanda Keane - Spectrum News - 23.09.2024 - [USA] - [Prevention] After years of being lost in committee, a bill aimed at protecting...

By John Elworthy - CAMBS News - 05.09.2024 - [ENGLAND] - [Lorcan Elliot] Twenty six victims – mostly boys and all aged between 13 and 16...