Just wondering.
Was this a case of the doctor not checking/querying and following procedures?
Did he do the surgery, but was basing this on another doctor's groundwork/tests?
Did he not check for/ask for consent when he should have?I
One case only (yep, know it's too many) was found unnecessary.
Trying to make sense of it.
No mention of photographs in the GMC record (a pp mentioned these). The GMC lead with the lack of chaperone and seem to be mainly concerned with lack of boundaries in behaviour.
'It was admitted and found proved that; on various dates between October 2017 and December 2018 Dr Shokouh-Amiri failed to have a chaperone present on multiple occasions whilst performing intimate examinations on various patients in breach of the RCOG policy on chaperones. It was admitted and found proved that on the 4 September 2018 Dr Shokouh-Amiri removed a patient’s ovaries when they did not consent to it. It was admitted and found proved that on the 29 November 2018 Dr Shokouh-Amiri removed another patient’s ovaries when they did not consent to this and there was no clinical indication for their removal. It was admitted and found proved that on the 13 November 2018 Dr Shokouh-Amiri had a consultation with a patient and failed to arrange investigations for their heavy irregular periods and for an endometrial polyp. It was determined and found proved that on the 13 November 2018 that Dr Shokouh-Amiri failed to appropriately communicate with a patient and suggested that they join him in the gym or words to that effect. The conduct above does not meet with the standards required of a doctor and amounted to misconduct. It risks bringing the profession into disrepute and it must not be repeated. The required standards are set out in Good medical practice and associated guidance: 1 Patients need good doctors. Good doctors make the care of their patients their first concern: they are competent, keep their knowledge and skills up to date, establish and maintain good relationships with patients and colleagues, are honest and trustworthy, and act with integrity and within the law. 2 Good doctors work in partnership with patients and respect their rights to privacy and dignity. They treat each patient as an individual. They do their best to make sure all patients receive good care and treatment that will support them to live as well as possible, whatever their illness or disability.
7 You must be competent in all aspects of your work, including management, research and teaching. 11 You must be familiar with guidelines and developments that affect your work. 15 You must provide a good standard of practice and care. If you assess, diagnose or treat patients you must: a) adequately assess the patient’s conditions, taking account of their history (including the symptoms and psychological, spiritual, social and cultural factors), their views and values; where necessary, examine the patient. b) promptly provide or arrange suitable advice, investigations or treatment where necessary. 32 You must give patients the information they want or need to know in a way they can understand. You should make sure that arrangements are made, wherever possible, to meet patients’ language and communication needs. 65 You must make sure that your conduct justifies your patients’ trust in you and the public’s trust in the profession. Whilst this failing in itself is not so serious as to require any restriction on Dr Shokouh-Amiri’s registration, it is necessary in response to issue this formal warning. This warning will be published on the medical register in line with our publication and disclosure policy, which can be found at www.gmc-uk.org/disclosurepolicy.'