Overview
- The General Medical Council has re-referred Dr Rahmeh Aladwan to an Interim Orders Tribunal, which will consider interim suspension or conditions on October 23.
- An MPTS panel on September 25 declined to impose interim restrictions, citing her Article 10 free-expression rights and finding no immediate real risk to patients.
- Complaints and GMC counsel cite social-media posts described as antisemitic and a reported throat‑slitting gesture toward mainly Jewish counterprotesters, including posts praising October 7 as the day Israel was “humiliated.”
- The health secretary has condemned her comments and said he has no confidence in the current system, with government sources saying officials are drafting proposals to enable pre-tribunal suspensions.
- Dr Aladwan’s legal team argues her posts are protected political speech and warns against political interference, as campaigners including the Campaign Against Antisemitism and Michael Ellis KC press for legal action over the earlier decision.