David Farley was charged with 11 counts related to his abuse of patients in October. The trial for a West Linn doctor charged earlier this year with sexually abusing his patients — originally set to begin this week — will now start sometime next year.

Fake nurse, 46, who fraudulently pocketed more than £170,000 jailed

The Government is set to establish a scoping enquiry into the alleged paedophile activities of disgraced former surgeon Michael Shine, in what victims and campaigners hope will be the beginning of a full statutory investigation.

“Finally, today, this is a real opportunity for victims and survivors to have their voices heard and believed and for their experiences to be fully investigated and officially acknowledged.”

Adrienne Reilly, CEO of Dignity4Patients, was joined by Cianan Murray on LMFM The Agenda to share the latest to discuss the government approves scoping exercise into the abuse perpetrated by convicted pedophile Michael Shine.

It is understood that a memorandum is to be brought to the Cabinet by the Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, which includes provisions for the scoping inquiry to run for 16 weeks, with a senior counsel to be appointed before Christmas.

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 Texas man and former physician has pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a minor and admitted to victimizing six additional underage victims, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

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.