Locum handed six-month suspension after ‘wholly unnecessary’ vaginal exam

A fitness-to-practise (FtP) hearing has found that a locum pharmacist working in a GP practice made “serious failings” when he undertook an “invasive intimate examination” that was not “clinically justified” and he was not “competent” to provide. 

The patient was "left feeling distraught after the examination”
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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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