Eighteen doctors were struck off for sexual assault in four years

摘要

Between 2014 and 2017 the General Medical Council struck off 18 doctors for sexual assault or rape, show figures obtained by The BMJ. The data, which the GMC provided in response to a freedom of information request, do not specify whether the victims ofthe assaults were patients or other doctors. Of the 18 erasures, 16 followed Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearings for allegations of sexual assault: four in 2014, five in 2015, six in 2016, and one in 2017. The other two followed investigations for allegations of rape or attempted rape.