Doctor 'traumatised' woman with request to remove veil

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Doctor 'traumatised' woman with request to remove veil
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Keith Wolverson also criticised patients' English language skills on their medical records.

A doctor who left a female patient "traumatised" when he told her to remove her veil has an "impaired" fitness to practise, a tribunal ruled.

He admitted recording inappropriate comments about patients' English language skills between January and April 2018, the tribunal said. While the tribunal found there was no evidence the doctor let his personal views affect his treatment, it decided the patients would have been shocked and upset if they read the notes.Dr Wolverson admitted asking the woman to remove her veil, that he caused her to do so and apologised during the MPTS for any upset he caused her.

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