Investigation: How doctors sanctioned abroad are still free to practise in Ireland
How can it happen that a doctor who has been sanctioned or even struck-off in one country can simply move to another and continue working?
Shouldn’t the various medical registration bodies have robust recording and information sharing systems that would make that impossible. Most patients will assume that to be the case but a new global investigation has found serious flaws in the system.
And it is happening in Ireland: 11 doctors who have faced serious sanctions in the UK, including being struck off, remain registered in Ireland.
In each case, the UK sanction was not recorded on the doctor’s…
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