https://www.gbnews.com/news/dr-keith-wolverson-gp-responsible-officer-muslim-veil
A General Practitioner is being forced to be monitored by a “responsible officer” after asking a Muslim woman to remove her veil.
Dr Keith Wolverson was suspended for nine months after being found guilty of or admitting to a total of 17 charges of misconduct relating to incidents between January and May 2018.
The incidents involving the GP, who was working as a locum at a walk-in centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital, concern urgent care centres in both Derby and Stoke.
Dr Wolverson asked a patient to take off her niqab three times as he could not hear her describing her daughter’s symptoms.
The woman’s husband put forward a complaint following the incident.
She also told last year’s hearing that she felt “victimised and racially discriminated” against during the consultation.
He told a review hearing he “deeply regretted” the incident and stressed he learned from his mistakes.
The Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service (MPTS) decided to follow his suspension with sanctions for a further year after ruling he had not shown sufficient “insight” into his actions nor taken a course in “cultural diversity”
Dr Wolverson told the tribunal: “It would be completely wrong to maintain the suspension and prohibit a doctor further from doing his duty to his patients when there are such grave shortages within the NHS currently.”…
A General Practitioner is being forced to be monitored by a “responsible officer” after asking a Muslim woman to remove her veil.
Dr Keith Wolverson was suspended for nine months after being found guilty of or admitting to a total of 17 charges of misconduct relating to incidents between January and May 2018.
The incidents involving the GP, who was working as a locum at a walk-in centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital, concern urgent care centres in both Derby and Stoke.
Dr Wolverson asked a patient to take off her niqab three times as he could not hear her describing her daughter’s symptoms.
The woman’s husband put forward a complaint following the incident.
She also told last year’s hearing that she felt “victimised and racially discriminated” against during the consultation.
He told a review hearing he “deeply regretted” the incident and stressed he learned from his mistakes.
The Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service (MPTS) decided to follow his suspension with sanctions for a further year after ruling he had not shown sufficient “insight” into his actions nor taken a course in “cultural diversity”
Dr Wolverson told the tribunal: “It would be completely wrong to maintain the suspension and prohibit a doctor further from doing his duty to his patients when there are such grave shortages within the NHS currently.”…
