GMC appeals eight month suspension of surgeon who sexually harassed colleagues

The General Medical Council is appealing a decision by a medical practitioners tribunal to suspend a consultant surgeon for eight months for sexual harassment of colleagues over more than a decade.The tribunal decided last month to suspend transplant surgeon James Gilbert rather than strike him off the medical register after noting his insight, remorse, and many positive testimonials.1 GMC had argued that the surgeon, who worked at the Oxford Transplant Centre, should be struck off.An open letter from four female former colleagues who gave evidence at the tribunal, posted on X by the palliative care doctor and author Rachel Clarke, demanded an appeal, arguing that the decision would “embolden perpetrators.”The four said in their letter, “We are astounded that the tribunal found James Gilbert guilty of misconduct spanning a decade, yet decided his behaviour only warranted an eight month suspension. Without consent, he inappropriately touched trainees’ shoulders, thighs, and other…
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