GMC appeals decision not to strike off consultant over rape of woman

The General Medical Council is appealing to the High Court against a decision by a medical practitioners tribunal to suspend a consultant for 12 months for a “one-off” rape of a young woman instead of striking him off the register.1

Aloaye Foy-Yamah was a consultant in acute medicine at Blackpool Victoria Hospital but was dismissed after the tribunal handed down its determinations on the facts last November. The woman, who was a friend, reported the assault, which happened in 2018, to the police, who investigated but did not prosecute Foy-Yamah. But the …