‘Mistaken and misguided’ doctors at risk of suicide under AHPRA’s name-and-shame rules, top GP warns
Dr Louise Stone has 'mixed feelings' about reforms making sexual complaints history a permanent feature of the public record.
Some doctors will be at high risk of suicide under new AHPRA rules that will permanently list tribunal findings related to sexual misconduct on their medical registration, a leading GP has warned.
Dr Louise Stone has written extensively about sexual abuse of doctors by doctors.
But she says she has mixed feelings about the reforms, which are designed to ensure that patients are aware of their doctor’s complaint history when it comes to sexual misconduct.
“The idea being suggested here is that sexual misconduct cannot be remediated,” Dr Stone, a clinical associate professor at the Australian National University, wrote in a LinkedIn post.
