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Bill protecting victims of abuse at the hands of doctors
By Amanda Keane - Spectrum News - 23.09.2024 - [USA] - [Prevention] After years of being lost in committee, a bill aimed at protecting...
Sep 23, 2024


GP accused of indecently assaulting female patients - including some who were pregnant
By Sky News - 09.09.2024 - [ENGLAND] - [Stephen Cox] A GP has been accused of indecently assaulting seven female patients for "sexual...
Sep 10, 2024


Paedophile and trainee doctor jailed for online sexual abuse
By John Elworthy - CAMBS News - 05.09.2024 - [ENGLAND] - [Lorcan Elliot] Twenty six victims – mostly boys and all aged between 13 and 16...
Sep 5, 2024


Doctor who sent messages about 'innermost fantasies' of child abuse is struck off
By Oprah Flash - BBC News - 05.09.2024 - [ENGLAND] -[Huw Glover] A GP who shared fantasies about child sex abuse with an undercover...
Sep 5, 2024


15 female patients sue doctor for alleged sexual abuse during medical visits at Irvine office
By David González - Eyewitness News 30.08.2024 - [USA] - [ John Carl Hoefs] A 79-year-old physician from Irvine was sued Thursday along...
Aug 30, 2024


Woman recounts abuse after doctor charged with rape
By Alan Selph - News Nation - 29.08.2024 - [USA] - [Dr. S. B] One of the alleged victims of a Forrest City doctor accused of sexually...
Aug 29, 2024


Doctor faces sexual abuse charge
By Mike Nolting - VW Metro News - 27.08.2024 - [USA] - [ Virgil McMillion] A doctor with medical practices in different locations across...
Aug 27, 2024


Doctor saw under-18s alone while facing child abuse image charges
By BBC Reporter - BBC News - 23.08.2024 - [ENGLAND] - [ Carey Girling] A doctor who was facing charges over child abuse images in England...
Aug 23, 2024


Doctors and nurses accused of rape left free to work in NHS
By Rebecca Thomas & Tara Cobham - The Independent - 13.08.2024 - [UK] - [Prevention] Almost 250 medics facing sexual assault or rape...
Aug 13, 2024


Medical Council apology and response to the Report of the Royal Commission into Abuse
By NZDoctor - 26.07.2024 - [NEW ZEALAND] - [Public Inquiry] Medical Council Chair Dr Rachelle Love responds to the final report from the...
Jul 26, 2024


Book shines light on sexual assault and harassment in medicine
By Amanda Sheppeard - Medical Republic - 18.07.2024 - [International] - [Prevention] Professor Louise Stone’s mission to keep the...
Jul 22, 2024


Doctor convicted of rape appears in court again
By Max Becker - 22.07.2024 - ASB Zeitung - [GERMANY] - [Unknown Doctor] Approximately one year after the verdict against a doctor for...
Jul 22, 2024


Board reinstates doctor’s license after conviction for assaulting patient
By Clark Kauffman - Capital Dispatch - 10.07.2024 - [USD] - [Dr. V K] The Iowa Board of Medicine has agreed to reinstate the license of a...
Jul 10, 2024


Irish Medical Council publishes new sanctions guidance
By IMC Editorial Staff - Irish Medical Council - 31/05/2024 - [PREVENTION] New guidance to assist the Medical Council in making decisions...
Jun 6, 2024


Gynecologist to be indicted following accusations he sexually abused patients
By Editorial Staff - Times of Israel - 04/06/2024 - [Guy Rofe] - [ISRAEL] The state has decided to move forward with charges against a...
Jun 4, 2024


Health care facilities would have to report patient abuse under new bill
By Emily Hoerner - Chicago Tribune 16/05/2024 - [USA] - [PREVENTION] Doctors’ offices and clinics affiliated with hospitals would have...
May 16, 2024


Calgary doctor facing new sexual assault charge
By Meghan Grant - CBC News - 08/05/2024 - [Ali Ayyaz Chatha] - [CANADA] A Calgary family doctor has been charged with sexual assault — the...
May 8, 2024


Abuse leaves patient feeling 'violated by NHS'
By Jen Smith - BBC News - 01.05.2024 - [UK] - [Iuliu Stan] A patient from Cornwall who was abused by a doctor at the Royal Cornwall...
May 1, 2024


Chaperones may offer one solution to sexual abuse of patients by medical providers
By Lisa Schencker - Chicago Tribine - 10.03.2024 - [PREVENTION] Tearha Hill typically stands to one side of the room, with her eyes...
Mar 10, 2024


Doctor jailed for child rape images after being caught watching porn during hospital operation
By Crown Court Reporter - 08.03.2024 - [UK] - [Alexander Grice] A DISGRACED anaesthetist who downloaded more than 14,000 child abuse...
Mar 8, 2024
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