> Wes Streeting has warned that medical institutions are “completely failing to protect Jewish patients” amid a wave of racist and antisemitic comments from NHS doctors. The health secretary is preparing to overhaul medical regulators — the General Medical Council (GMC) and Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) — after being appalled by a series of cases in which doctors have escaped disciplinary action. Streeting told The Times: “Two years on from the horrific events of October 7th and just days after a despicable attack on our nation’s Jewish community, we must be unequivocal that antisemitism has absolutely no place in our NHS, or anywhere in our society.
> “The NHS is a universal health service, which means that everyone, regardless of race, religion or creed, should feel safe seeking its care. I deplore the fact that this is frankly not the current reality for many Jewish patients and staff, and I am determined to change this for once and for all. It should go without saying that doctors making racist comments about Jewish people is abhorrent and demands action. Yet all too often, appropriate action by regulators has been sorely lacking. It is clear that the current medical regulatory system is completely failing to protect Jewish patients and NHS staff. I am looking urgently at how we can overhaul the current regime, which has been found completely wanting.”
> Campaigners say antisemitism has been able to “fester unchecked” in the NHS and medical profession since the October 7 Hamas atrocities, two years ago on Tuesday. Doctors have been let off after spreading antisemitic tropes including claiming that Britain is “controlled by Jewish supremacy”, and claiming the architect of the attack was a “legend”. Some medics have ramped up their activity in the days after the Manchester synagogue attack. A spokesman for the Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “Britain’s regulatory bodies are failing the Jewish community. Time and again, doctors who spew antisemitic bile online and in the streets are being allowed to continue practising medicine, as though calls for hatred and violence are compatible with the duty to care for others. This moral collapse is putting Jewish lives at risk.”
> Alex Hearn from Labour Against Antisemitism said: “We have been warning about a concerning rise in antisemitic attitudes and behaviour among NHS employees — including doctors and surgeons — for almost two years. “Despite repeatedly raising these issues with the General Medical Council, the Department of Health and other relevant authorities, our concerns have consistently been dismissed or delayed on the grounds of technicalities or limited powers of intervention.”
> Dr Rahmeh Aladwan was handed a bouquet of flowers and greeted by a crowd of activists waving Palestine flags as she stepped out of a medical tribunal in Manchester two weeks ago. The trainee surgeon, who was ruled fit to continue practising medicine, told cheering supporters that Israel is “carrying out a Holocaust” in Gaza, adding: “Free Palestine and Britain from Jewish supremacy.” Aladwan was investigated over her social media posts, including one that stated that Israelis were “worse” than the Nazis and a claim that the “Royal Free Hospital in London is a Jewish supremacy cesspit”. Since escaping suspension by the MPTS, Aladwan has posted incessantly about Jews and Israel. She suggested the media’s focus on the Manchester synagogue attack was an example of “Jewish supremacism”. The day after the attack Aladwan shared an image of Britain’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, with the words “rabbi genocide” emblazoned on his forehead. On Saturday, she tweeted: “Glory to the Palestinian armed resistance. Death to ‘Israel’.”
> Aladwan has been a member of the proscribed group Palestine Action, and has shared claims that Streeting is a “Zionist ghoul” funded by “the genocidal ‘Israel’ lobby”. At a rally earlier this year, she said that “Palestinian people who are fighting for liberation, including armed struggle” are “heroes, every single one of them”. “We are proud of our armed resistance and in Islam we call that jihad. That’s an honour. That’s how you defend your people,” she added. The MPTS ruled that no suspension was necessary, arguing her comments would not “alarm or concern” members of the public. The case was a catalyst for Streeting to declare he had no confidence in the regulation system. On Monday night, the CAA announced that it had notified the GMC of its intent to challenge the decision not to impose the condition on Aladwan while she is under investigation. It said that her case was “one of the most egregious examples we have encountered of a regulator failing in its duty to protect the public”.
> One of Aladwan’s key supporters is Dr Rehiana Ali, a consultant neurologist who was reinstated by a medical tribunal this year after describing the architect of the October 7 attacks as a “legend”, calling for Israel to be “dismantled”, and claiming that 9/11 was conducted by Mossad. Ali has made several controversial comments in the wake of the Manchester synagogue terrorist attack, and has claimed that Streeting was an “Israeli puppet”. On October 4, she quoted a post calling for Israel to be abolished and claiming that Hamas had “done nothing to apologise for”, adding: “Agree 100%.” On October 2, about eight hours before the attack, she quoted the same post and said: “Armed resistance is the only solution.” In a post on the evening of the attack, she said that Jihad al-Shamie, the perpetrator of the Manchester synagogue terror attack, was “very conveniently named”, adding: “I’m too old and cynical, clearly. But seriously…could it not be a little more subtle?” Ali defended her comments and told The Times that she did not believe in Israel’s right to exist. She said: “It is outrageous that the CAA weaponises an unfortunate incident to continue its defamatory attacks on doctors with a moral conscience for political ends.”
> Nearly 500 complaints of antisemitism relating to 123 doctors have been submitted to the GMC since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. Of these, 84 per cent were closed at the triage stage, according to figures obtained by Jewish News in July. The rare cases where complaints have led to disciplinary action include that of Dr Manoj Sen, an NHS surgeon. Last month he was struck off for making a string of antisemitic social media comments, including referring to a Jewish man as “circumcised vermin”.
Surgeon Manoj Sen. The doctor, who was working as a surgeon at Northwick Park Hospital in London, commented on a Facebook post shortly after the October 7 attacks, using the word “untermenschen” — German for subhuman — as well as the phrases “Jewish cunt” and “Jew boy”. Sen also referred to the Auschwitz concentration camp along with the German phrase “Die Juden sind unsere Ungluck”, meaning “the Jews are our misfortune”.
> Others have escaped serious sanctions after being reported for antisemitism. In February, Dr Kamran Ahmed, a Wolverhampton-based GP, was not struck off but given a formal warning after posting material described by the GMC as “objectively antisemitic and seriously offensive”. This included sharing a post which said: “The Israeli flag is modern-day swastika”. Dr Ellen Kriesels, a consultant paediatrician at Whittington Hospital, remains on the GMC register despite spending months making openly making racist claims. On her X account, Kriesels has claimed that “virtually every Jew has some feelings of supremacy”. The Whittington Health Trust has previously said that it was investigating and that Kriesels was not working. Dr Nizar Mhani, a consultant orthodontic surgeon, also continues to practise despite a history of controversial posts, including one in which he said that depicting Zionists as rats was not antisemitic.
> Jewish doctors have warned that the institutional failures to tackle antisemitism extend to the British Medical Association (BMA). Those attending the BMA’s annual conference in June warned that they “feared for their safety”. About 45 motions put forward for debate at the conference related to Israel and Gaza, including calls to allow NHS staff to display the Palestinian flag at work. There have been widespread reports of antisemitic incidents in hospitals. In August, the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust issued an apology over posters claiming “Zionism is Poison”. A Jewish patient who was undergoing major tests at the hospital and felt “angry, distressed and upset” after seeing some of the posters, adding: “I shouldn’t have to remove my Star of David necklace to go to a hospital visit.” Concerns have been raised at at least two NHS trusts about staff wearing pro-Palestine symbols, such as lanyards in the design of a keffiyeh and badges that say “Free Palestine”. The aforementioned doctors have been approached for comment.
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> Wes Streeting has warned that medical institutions are “completely failing to protect Jewish patients” amid a wave of racist and antisemitic comments from NHS doctors. The health secretary is preparing to overhaul medical regulators — the General Medical Council (GMC) and Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) — after being appalled by a series of cases in which doctors have escaped disciplinary action. Streeting told The Times: “Two years on from the horrific events of October 7th and just days after a despicable attack on our nation’s Jewish community, we must be unequivocal that antisemitism has absolutely no place in our NHS, or anywhere in our society.
> “The NHS is a universal health service, which means that everyone, regardless of race, religion or creed, should feel safe seeking its care. I deplore the fact that this is frankly not the current reality for many Jewish patients and staff, and I am determined to change this for once and for all. It should go without saying that doctors making racist comments about Jewish people is abhorrent and demands action. Yet all too often, appropriate action by regulators has been sorely lacking. It is clear that the current medical regulatory system is completely failing to protect Jewish patients and NHS staff. I am looking urgently at how we can overhaul the current regime, which has been found completely wanting.”
> Campaigners say antisemitism has been able to “fester unchecked” in the NHS and medical profession since the October 7 Hamas atrocities, two years ago on Tuesday. Doctors have been let off after spreading antisemitic tropes including claiming that Britain is “controlled by Jewish supremacy”, and claiming the architect of the attack was a “legend”. Some medics have ramped up their activity in the days after the Manchester synagogue attack. A spokesman for the Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “Britain’s regulatory bodies are failing the Jewish community. Time and again, doctors who spew antisemitic bile online and in the streets are being allowed to continue practising medicine, as though calls for hatred and violence are compatible with the duty to care for others. This moral collapse is putting Jewish lives at risk.”
> Alex Hearn from Labour Against Antisemitism said: “We have been warning about a concerning rise in antisemitic attitudes and behaviour among NHS employees — including doctors and surgeons — for almost two years. “Despite repeatedly raising these issues with the General Medical Council, the Department of Health and other relevant authorities, our concerns have consistently been dismissed or delayed on the grounds of technicalities or limited powers of intervention.”
> Dr Rahmeh Aladwan was handed a bouquet of flowers and greeted by a crowd of activists waving Palestine flags as she stepped out of a medical tribunal in Manchester two weeks ago. The trainee surgeon, who was ruled fit to continue practising medicine, told cheering supporters that Israel is “carrying out a Holocaust” in Gaza, adding: “Free Palestine and Britain from Jewish supremacy.” Aladwan was investigated over her social media posts, including one that stated that Israelis were “worse” than the Nazis and a claim that the “Royal Free Hospital in London is a Jewish supremacy cesspit”. Since escaping suspension by the MPTS, Aladwan has posted incessantly about Jews and Israel. She suggested the media’s focus on the Manchester synagogue attack was an example of “Jewish supremacism”. The day after the attack Aladwan shared an image of Britain’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, with the words “rabbi genocide” emblazoned on his forehead. On Saturday, she tweeted: “Glory to the Palestinian armed resistance. Death to ‘Israel’.”
> Aladwan has been a member of the proscribed group Palestine Action, and has shared claims that Streeting is a “Zionist ghoul” funded by “the genocidal ‘Israel’ lobby”. At a rally earlier this year, she said that “Palestinian people who are fighting for liberation, including armed struggle” are “heroes, every single one of them”. “We are proud of our armed resistance and in Islam we call that jihad. That’s an honour. That’s how you defend your people,” she added. The MPTS ruled that no suspension was necessary, arguing her comments would not “alarm or concern” members of the public. The case was a catalyst for Streeting to declare he had no confidence in the regulation system. On Monday night, the CAA announced that it had notified the GMC of its intent to challenge the decision not to impose the condition on Aladwan while she is under investigation. It said that her case was “one of the most egregious examples we have encountered of a regulator failing in its duty to protect the public”.
> One of Aladwan’s key supporters is Dr Rehiana Ali, a consultant neurologist who was reinstated by a medical tribunal this year after describing the architect of the October 7 attacks as a “legend”, calling for Israel to be “dismantled”, and claiming that 9/11 was conducted by Mossad. Ali has made several controversial comments in the wake of the Manchester synagogue terrorist attack, and has claimed that Streeting was an “Israeli puppet”. On October 4, she quoted a post calling for Israel to be abolished and claiming that Hamas had “done nothing to apologise for”, adding: “Agree 100%.” On October 2, about eight hours before the attack, she quoted the same post and said: “Armed resistance is the only solution.” In a post on the evening of the attack, she said that Jihad al-Shamie, the perpetrator of the Manchester synagogue terror attack, was “very conveniently named”, adding: “I’m too old and cynical, clearly. But seriously…could it not be a little more subtle?” Ali defended her comments and told The Times that she did not believe in Israel’s right to exist. She said: “It is outrageous that the CAA weaponises an unfortunate incident to continue its defamatory attacks on doctors with a moral conscience for political ends.”
> Nearly 500 complaints of antisemitism relating to 123 doctors have been submitted to the GMC since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. Of these, 84 per cent were closed at the triage stage, according to figures obtained by Jewish News in July. The rare cases where complaints have led to disciplinary action include that of Dr Manoj Sen, an NHS surgeon. Last month he was struck off for making a string of antisemitic social media comments, including referring to a Jewish man as “circumcised vermin”.
Surgeon Manoj Sen. The doctor, who was working as a surgeon at Northwick Park Hospital in London, commented on a Facebook post shortly after the October 7 attacks, using the word “untermenschen” — German for subhuman — as well as the phrases “Jewish cunt” and “Jew boy”. Sen also referred to the Auschwitz concentration camp along with the German phrase “Die Juden sind unsere Ungluck”, meaning “the Jews are our misfortune”.
> Others have escaped serious sanctions after being reported for antisemitism. In February, Dr Kamran Ahmed, a Wolverhampton-based GP, was not struck off but given a formal warning after posting material described by the GMC as “objectively antisemitic and seriously offensive”. This included sharing a post which said: “The Israeli flag is modern-day swastika”. Dr Ellen Kriesels, a consultant paediatrician at Whittington Hospital, remains on the GMC register despite spending months making openly making racist claims. On her X account, Kriesels has claimed that “virtually every Jew has some feelings of supremacy”. The Whittington Health Trust has previously said that it was investigating and that Kriesels was not working. Dr Nizar Mhani, a consultant orthodontic surgeon, also continues to practise despite a history of controversial posts, including one in which he said that depicting Zionists as rats was not antisemitic.
> Jewish doctors have warned that the institutional failures to tackle antisemitism extend to the British Medical Association (BMA). Those attending the BMA’s annual conference in June warned that they “feared for their safety”. About 45 motions put forward for debate at the conference related to Israel and Gaza, including calls to allow NHS staff to display the Palestinian flag at work. There have been widespread reports of antisemitic incidents in hospitals. In August, the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust issued an apology over posters claiming “Zionism is Poison”. A Jewish patient who was undergoing major tests at the hospital and felt “angry, distressed and upset” after seeing some of the posters, adding: “I shouldn’t have to remove my Star of David necklace to go to a hospital visit.” Concerns have been raised at at least two NHS trusts about staff wearing pro-Palestine symbols, such as lanyards in the design of a keffiyeh and badges that say “Free Palestine”. The aforementioned doctors have been approached for comment.
This article right above one where a medical tribunal cleared an incredibly antisemetic doctor would be funny if it weren’t so sad