NHS trust admits liability for doctor who sexually abused patients
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Royal Cornwall hospitals trust apologises after Dr Iuliu Stan performed unnecessary intimate procedures on patients. A hospital trust has admitted liability for the actions of a doctor found to have used invasive and intimate procedures against 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. A misconduct hearing held last year was told Stan inappropriately prescribed and administered rectal medication without obtaining informed consent, offering a chaperone or providing alternative options.
The tribunal found that Stan’s behaviour was “sexually motivated in relation to multiple patients”. In statement, the Royal Cornwall hospital said: “We have written to affected individuals to admit liability for the actions of Dr Stan and to offer an unreserved apology to victims. We are deeply sorry for the distress caused by his serious professional misconduct and his abuse of the trust placed in him by patients.
“Whilst we must follow due legal process, we will be doing everything we can to bring investigations and claims made by his victims to an early conclusion.”. Stan, who qualified in Romania, worked as a locum senior house officer in trauma and orthopaedics.
The tribunal report said: “He had subjected patients to unnecessary, invasive and intimate procedures for his own sexual gratification. In some cases the same patient had been subjected to intimate and invasive procedures by Dr Stan on multiple occasions.”.
