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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson

NHS trust admits liability for doctor who sexually abused patients

Sign outside the Royal Cornwall hospital
The Royal Cornwall hospital said: ‘We are deeply sorry for the distress caused by [Iuliu Stan’s] serious professional misconduct and his abuse of the trust placed in him by patients.’ Photograph: Hugh Hastings/Getty Images

A hospital trust has admitted liability for the actions of a doctor found to have used invasive and intimate procedures on patients for sexual gratification.

Dr Iuliu Stan, who worked for the Royal Cornwall hospitals NHS trust between 2015 and 2020, was found by a tribunal to have subjected a number of patients to “unnecessary” use of rectal medication for men and boys.

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