Doctors: Sexual Offences
Commons · Question 499 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 May 2026
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to end the five year rule on investigating sexual misconduct cases before the House rises for summer recess.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 May 2026
The Government is committed to modernising the regulation of all healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom.As a first step, on 24 March 2026, we published our Reforming the General Medical Council legislative framework consultation, which sets out pr...