Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83514
Doctors: Sexual Offences
Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025
Question
Josh Fenton-Glynn
Labour — Calder Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the absence of mandatory strike-off in the new MPTS guidance for proven sexual misconduct by doctors adequately protects patients.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe new guidance for Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service tribunals includes more detail about assessing the seriousness of an allegation and the features that may increase the seriousness. The guidance now also includes sanction bandings. These indicat...
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