The HSE failed to have garda vetting in place or verify references when it hired a doctor who was suspended for forging prescriptions to obtain drugs for personal use, an internal review has found.

A full statutory public inquiry into the care of children with spina bifida and scoliosis at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) was promised yesterday to parents, who will be asked to join in drawing up the terms of reference.

The health service has been severely criticised for failing to suspend a senior hospital pharmacist for over a year after complaints of repeated sexual harassment were made against him by a more junior employee

Leicester Crown Court heard Paul Lipscombe, 51, created multiple Snapchat profiles to groom girls before assaulting them. He also sold AI-generated child abuse videos on a website.

Military officials in Texas have suspended a US army gynecologist over allegations he inappropriately touched and secretly filmed dozens of women during appointments at an on-base medical center.

At least 20 doctors with licences to work in Finland had been restricted from practicing medicine by authorities in another country, often following a conviction for a serious crime.

A doctor who had been able to practice medicine in Ireland despite being under sanction in the UK for 18 months has now been suspended by Irish authorities.

Krishna Singh, 76, subjected his victims to numerous sexual offences between 1984 and 2017. He denied any wrongdoing and went on trial at Dumfries Sheriff Court but was convicted by a jury.

A 57-year-old internist from Dordrecht, formerly employed at Maasstad Ziekenhuis in Rotterdam, was sentenced Thursday for sexual misconduct involving three medical students and a patient.

Two women who alleged they were sexually assaulted by Stephan Probst, the former head of nuclear medicine at the Jewish General Hospital, are suing his estate and Wendy Devera, who was sentenced this week for her role in a sexual assault they committed together on another woman.

More sexual assault victims have come forward against former Rochester Hills Dr. Oumair Aejaz at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.

Dr Steven Roberts, a consultant anaesthetist at Hull Royal Infirmary, touched both women and "made inappropriate and sexually motivated comments", a disciplinary tribunal found.

Six more men have accused the Oregon Youth Authority of ignoring sexual abuse they say they experienced from a doctor as youth incarcerated at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn.

The Iowa Board of Medicine is defending its decision to suspend the license of a physician assistant facing multiple criminal charges alleging he sexually assaulted female patients.

A doctor accused of sexual misconduct was previously struck off for lying about his qualifications. Dr Velmurugan Kuppuswamy was allowed to practice again despite objections from the General Medical Council (GMC) – and within months of returning to the NHS he allegedly groped and made disturbing sexual comments to junior colleagues.

The European Commission will look for ways to strengthen its alert system in response to an OCCRP investigation that identified more than 100 doctors who lost their medical license for serious wrongdoing in one jurisdiction but are licensed to practice in another.

A man who ran a teeth-whitening salon has been sentenced to 26 years in jail for a spate of rapes and sexual assaults spanning more than a decade.

Non-Disclosure Agreements, such as those signed by accusers of Harvey Weinstein, have previously been wrongly used to silence victims of harassment and discrimination. The amendment to the Victims and Courts Bill is part of a government plan to restore confidence in the justice system.

The charity’s 2024 annual report, published on Monday, notes the 14 per cent increase in the proportion of male survivors – from 48 per cent of all contacts in 2023 to 62 per cent – and that this increase coincided with the Government’s publication of the Scoping Inquiry Report into Historical Sexual Abuse in Schools.

The brothers spoke publicly about the sexual abuse they suffered as boys on the campus of Blackrock College in Dublin run by the Spiritan Order. Their bravery and the manner in which they told their story resulted in former students contacting RTÉ’s Liveline programme, alleging historical physical and sexual abuse. It all snowballed into hundreds of cases of alleged abuse being reported to gardaí as well as to the organisation One in Four - which supports survivors of child s