ANTISEMITIC doctors will be stripped of their licence to practise BEFORE a tribunal, under new plans to crack down on extremists in the NHS.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is “urgently” drawing up measures to bar racist and radical Islamist medics from treating patients while awaiting the outcome of a General Medical Council probe.
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A Health Department source told The Sun Mr Streeting is “furious with the glacial pace the system operates at and the failure to recognise blatant antisemitism”.
It follows outrage after a junior doctor escaped suspension despite making a “slit your throat” gesture at Jewish protesters.
The GMC sparked fury after ruling that Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, who has repeatedly posted antisemitic remarks about Britain’s Jewish community, was fit to continue practising.
Among her vile rants, Aladwan shared a post claiming media focus on the Manchester Synagogue terror attack was proof of “Jewish supremacism.”
Her case has now been referred back to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, with a new hearing set for October 23.
A GMC spokesman said it had “referred Dr Rahmeh Aladwan to an Interim Orders Tribunal.”
They added: “The GMC will make a referral where it believes an interim order is necessary to protect the public or public confidence in doctors during an investigation.”
The case has triggered major alarm over patient safety in the NHS – particularly for Jewish patients at risk from radicalised medics.
In a bid to urgently protect patients, the Health Secretary wants to change the law so alleged extremists can no longer practise while awaiting a professional tribunal.
A Health Department source said: “It is ridiculous that racist medics are free to continue operating with impunity until a tribunal can be held.
“What does this say to Jewish patients about the safety of NHS care?
“Wes ordered the department last week to urgently work up plans, so doctors have their licence suspended while awaiting tribunal.
“He’s got zero tolerance for racism – and the NHS must have a zero-tolerance policy too.”
Asked why she had made references to “exceptionalism for Jewish people”, Aladwan told The Times: “We are against supremacy, privilege and exceptionalism for anyone and that includes the Jewish community.”
She said she shared a post by a Palestinian journalist, claiming the focus on the synagogue attack was evidence of “Jewish supremacism” because “the number of murdered Palestinians every day by ‘Israel’ averages 100” and yet the “media and journalists turn a blind eye to the victims”.
