Should This Doctor Been Allowed To Keep His Job?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5106709/Doctor-molested-nurse-gets-job.html

[emmie]

should be sacked in disgrace.

[Peter Pedant]

sqad ya narty narty bye !

you know as well as I do that s/o convicted of any offence then has to appear in front of- - oo-er ! The GMC

They took a dim view of all this
https://www.mpts-uk.org/static/documents/content/Dr_Imran_QURESHI_10_Nov_2017.pdf
and suspended him for a year ( renewable ) dependent on review and so on. Gavel down just last week

and you ALSO know that holding any medical post is dependent on am implied clause on the contract that the holder is licensed

Qureshi isnt ( licensed ) and ergo has no job

AOG has said he HAS kept his job
yeah yeah yeah - this is AB for chrissakes
no job no licence no nothing.....( victim also muslim I note)

Sqad you were being jerked about by the usual suspects on AB.
I really expect more circumspect behaviour from a medical practitioner! - oo-er doctor !

[I know this post will elicit a hail of repartee like: GMC ! what dat den? and "Anyone understand dat den?" and
GMC anda job what difference is dat den? - - oh about £30 000 /y ]

[Khandro]

//I think he should be banned from practising ever again.//

Some people are losing all sense of proportion wouldn'dcha say?

[Old_Geezer]

Well bednobs, it may be difficult to know that an advance would be unwanted until one picks up one's courage and tries. In our culture, even if the expectations have blurred a little, it is still generally expected that the guy has to express interest in the gal whether they like it or not; or stay single. And a guy not finding the nerve to is unlikely to be attractive to the gals anyway, as they'd be seen to lack confidence.

[Old_Geezer]

I think molestation is a different issue. He should be dealt with, but whether a single stupid incident is worth the loss of his medical ability to the community, is debatable.

[campbellking]

The article does refer to the student as being a 21 year old Muslim, so would the 'cultural differences' claim really apply that much?

[Peter Pedant]

and he misread cultural norms...
I wonder which ones.....

[bednobs]

the ones whereby men (especially men in power) think it's ok to treat women as they do. We live in a patriarchal society. I am no feminist, believe me but i am a woman in a man's world

[andy-hughes]

The defence of 'cultural differences' is spectacularly thin, but it beats 'I am guilty as hell and taking advantage of my position' when you are defending someone in court.

I would suggest that education following suspension is the way forward - that way, the NHS gets to keep a trained doctor, and the publicity may well warn others that this is not the way that medical staff behave, because it is not the way people behave, regardless of their 'cultural differences'.

[Peter Pedant]

Practically speaking he has tu turn up in a year at the GMC and show he has kept up all skills despite not being allowed to practise..... ( yup regulators are kinda like that )

and having got his licence back ( by no means a cert )
find a training job with a label around his neck 'I am a sex offender'

not easy - not easy at all

[naomi24]

//I would suggest that education following suspension is the way forward //

I would hope that any doctor working in the NHS wouldn't need education in that department. If any of them do then we ought to be seriously asking who the hell we are employing.

[youngmafbog]

I'd agree with Andy.

I would also go further and suggest 'training' is rolled out across the board (especially in public services).

[aelmpvw]

i don't imagine many women being comfortable with him examining their breasts

[cassa333]

No.

In any case how can someone on the sex offenders register work as a doctor? Isn't it a conflict?

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - // //I would suggest that education following suspension is the way forward //

I would hope that any doctor working in the NHS wouldn't need education in that department. If any of them do then we ought to be seriously asking who the hell we are employing. //

Sadly, medical training does not eradicate an inbuilt tendency to behave badly - any more than any other training in any job.

You cannot bar someone from a career for life when the potential for correction and an ongoing potential for correction, and the setting of an example for others is a way forward.

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, //the setting of an example for others is a way forward. //

I'd agree with that. Sack him. That'll set the best example.