The prime minister, Keir Starmer, has ordered a rapid review of how healthcare regulators such as the General Medical Council deal with allegations of racist or antisemitic behaviour in the NHS. The government will also roll out mandatory antisemitism and antiracism training for all 1.5 million NHS staff and has promised a “zero tolerance” approach to discrimination in healthcare.
The move follows a case in which a British-Palestinian trainee doctor, Rahmeh Aladwan, was allowed to continue practising pending a full Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing into allegations that she made antisemitic remarks.1
Aladwan, who has continued to comment on social media, has been referred for a …
