Doctor who sexually harassed two nurses to stay in his job

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

By Brian Farmer, PA

A High Court judge has concluded that a hospital doctor who admitted sexually harassing two nurses should not be suspended, but says conditions of practice must be imposed on his registration.

Lawyers representing the General Medical Council (GMC) had appealed after a tribunal decided in April that “no action” should be taken against 32-year-old Dr Nour Rezk.

They argued that he should have been suspended and said the tribunal had not given enough “weight” to the need to “promote and maintain public confidence” in the medical profession.

Mrs Justice Lang allowed the GMC appeal, but has concluded that “imposing conditions” is a “proportionate” sanction.

The judge outlined her conclusions in a ruling published on Monday after considering the GMC’s appeal hearing at a recent High Court hearing.

She said Dr Rezk had moved from Egypt, where he had been a physician in the Directorate of Health Affairs in Alexandria, in 2017 and had trained at hospitals in various parts of the country, including Nottingham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Walsall, West Midlands, and Birmingham.