Does the GMC think we are happy to take our children to see a GP who has a child porn habit?

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The Hereford Times says that a GP who downloaded child pornography that the General Medical Council said was "abhorrent and repugnant" and that they found "shocking", describing acts between adults and boys, is OK to keep on being a GP because it is not going to interfere with his job. I don't know what to think. Some parents won't mind, but some will and are we going to be told about him so that we can make a choice? Would we be happy to take our sons to him? What does everybody else think?

OMG!!!! I would not take my kids to him!!! Of course it's going to interfere with his job, nobody will trust him!!

Depends....... You've only got a reporters view here?

No court case??

Aren't parents generally with their children, when at the GPs? What about GPs who download adult porn - should they see patients of the appropriate sex?

Gawd, no this man should never practice again. I would not want someone getting turned on when they see my son's/daughter's nappy rash. Also GPs often work with vunerable people with learning difficulties or teenagers.

I have serious doults if he should be allowed to practice medicine in any capacity.

I don't care about people downloading adult porn, provided it is legal and the people involved have concented.

Do you have a link to the transcripts and outcome of the GMC hearing ? Thanks.

No I wouldn't take my children to him.
If he really does have a child porn habit then he is mentally ill and not fit to practice.
You can't even compare someone looking at adult porn to this!

Funnily enough have just done a recent survey on similar issues, asking people how comfortable they would feel if their GP was a smackhead, a burglar or was on the Sex Offenders Register.

old LadyKnowsNothing

If you see no difference in a preson who downloads child porn and a person who downloads adult porn then you are really living up to your name!

He's 'mentally ill'?? Craving croissants, how do you know this?

GMC Fitness to practise panel minutes

OLKN...what a stupid comparison

you don't see any difference between child porn and (we assume) consensual adult porn ?

I would not take any memebr of my family (or myself for that matter) to see anyone who had a conviction for using child pornography, doctor or otherwise

ILove Tiffany - If he's downloading child porn for I'm assuming his own personal pleasure then he has psychological issues surely? It's certainly not 'normal' behaviour is it?

He doesn't have a conviction. The material was not visual, but written. There was no criminal case as the use of such material is not illegal, apparently.

SMH - So because he'd been viewing it for over 4 years and didn't progress onto actually touching children he's fine?!

no criminal conviction does not make it morally ok though

Also if he had no sexual interest in children WTF was he reading about it?

I didn't say it did.

Noway not child porn! If it was adult porn thats ok though its up to him as no children have been harmed or abused.

IMO, a person who is interested/turned on by descriptions of sexual acts with children should not be in a position to see and touch children in a state of undress as part of his job. Maybe he could carry on practicing as an adult only GP but his patients should be informed so that they can make a choice.

I know you didn't, TFM, I am contributing to the thread in general

Yuck, no way!

But then if I found out the man in the corner shop or the barman in the pub had a child porn habit, I'd go nowhere near either of those places too. Not necessarily because I'd think my dc were in any danger, but just because I'd want to complately ostracise such a disgusting individual.

No children were harmed in the making of this material. It was not images of children. Of course I would not want to take my children, or indeed myself, to a GP who gets his kicks from reading about sexual acts with children. But I think we have to only kick him for what he has done, which is bad ewnough IMO, and not suggest he has done anything else.

precisely, bibbity

not just doctors (although by the very nature of their job, they are in a priveliged position, so doubly worse...) but anyone

a person who does this really does not deserve to be a respected member of society

tfm, I am picking up again on your post, sorry about that

you say "no children were harmed" because it was written, not visual

of course children were harmed...every time this kind of filth is distributed and so-called upstanding members of society perpetuate it, children (as a homogenous, at-risk group) are harmed massively

How do we know he was not downloading it for research? Maybe he had suspicions regards to one of his patients and decided to download the written variety to better see what it is all about?

I havent read the minutes, though.