Mr Onyekpe, a Nigerian-born medical doctor, was found guilty of misconduct in February for engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient in a restroom at a UK hospital.
A United Kingdom High Court has criticised the decision made by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal of the General Medical Council to suspend a Nigerian medical doctor, Ewere Onyekpe, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a female patient.
He stated; “…My conclusion on Ground 1 was that the decision making of the GMC and the MPT in this case was fundamentally flawed because it did not give any or any adequate consideration to the evidence of what Patient A told Onyekpe about her circumstances. The decision to suspend the doctor was made on 19 January, 2023, and the MPT’s order took effect 28 days later, with a review scheduled for the end of a six-month period.
In a witness statement provided during the tribunal, Mr Onyekpe acknowledged and said; “I appreciate that what I did was awful and that I let down myself and my family and my colleagues. “Second, that the sanction of six months’ suspension of Mr Onyekpe’s registration was unduly lenient and insufficient for the protection of the public in any event. In particular, nothing short of erasure would have been sufficient to maintain public confidence in the profession, as well as proper professional standards and conduct for members of the profession .The PSA is an independent body that promotes the health, safety and wellbeing of patients, service users and the public.
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