It is not possible to impose an automatic ban on doctors convicted of sex offences as the move would not be compatible with human rights legislation, says the British medical council.
Doctors Urged To Help Close Indigenous Health Gap
Indigenous organizations have called on the medical profession to push Government for action on the inequality of health between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous organizations have called on the medical profession to push Government for action on the inequality of health between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
"Cases of doctors convicted of sexual assault or child pornography offences are very rare and in the vast majority of these cases these doctors are struck off the medical register so they cannot practise medicine in the UK," the paper quoted Niall Dickson, the GMC's chief executive, as saying.
A spokesman, however, for the Council said that an independent panel of experts would decide whether to strike off a doctor, and the GMC could not appeal against it.
Survey Shows That Patients Have Trust and Confidence in Their Doctors
The questions range from providing understandable information, washing or cleaning hands between touching patients
The questions range from providing understandable information, washing or cleaning hands between touching patients
Newborn Baby Declared Dead by Doctors Found Alive
A premature baby, who had been proclaimed stillborn by doctors in northern Malaysia, turned out to be alive, local press reported Monday
A premature baby, who had been proclaimed stillborn by doctors in northern Malaysia, turned out to be alive, local press reported Monday
