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Doctors: Sexual Offences

Commons · Question 83514 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn

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

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 30 Oct 2025

The 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...