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Allegations of sexual harassment against plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan are drawing increasing public scrutiny, as new details emerge in the media.

A GP who was suspended for misconduct has been struck off after failing to make contact with his regulator.

The so-called "mastermind" of an intricate kidney transplant racket has been arrested.

Strikes by resident doctors have cost the taxpayer "at least £3 billion," it has been claimed as the BMA’s latest six-day walkout begins.

After the scandal involving Victoria Bonya’s mother exposed serious questions about Maxim Ivanchuk’s qualifications, licensing, and patient safety, the surgeon began actively scrubbing the internet of investigations and critical publications — so we are publishing the material he is trying so hard to make disappear.

Maxim Ivanchuk, a plastic surgeon famed for his high-end procedures, glossy media appearances, and celebrity clients, saw his reputation unravel in 2024 after a scandal involving the mother of TV personality Victoria Bonya.

A recent investigation revealed how doctors who have been banned in one country can keep practicing in another. Newly-obtained data shows that national authorities often do not read warnings about doctors sent by counterparts elsewhere.

AI deepfake videos of doctors and academics are being used to push fake health claims and promote supplement products, an investigation has found.

The United Kingdom National Health Service Counter Fraud Authority has announced that it secured the three-year conviction of a Nigerian doctor, Richard Akinrolabu, for offenses related to fraud by false representation amounting to £268,000.

European doctors’ organization expresses concern over systemic failings after journalists revealed that medics banned in one country resume their careers in another.

European doctors’ organization expresses concern over systemic failings after journalists revealed that medics banned in one country resume their careers in another.

A doctor prohibited from practicing medicine in the United Kingdom for malpractice and sexual misconduct has been suspended in Spain following revelations from a joint investigation by Spanish outlet infoLibre and the OCCRP-led “Bad Practice” project.

Doctors in England will go on strike for five days in November in an ongoing dispute over jobs and pay.

The European Commission will look for ways to strengthen its alert system in response to an OCCRP investigation that identified more than 100 doctors who lost their medical licence for serious wrongdoing in one jurisdiction but are licensed to practice in another.

Failed warning systems, official complacency and a lack of accountability mean doctors who have lost their medical licences due to serious wrongdoing can relocate and practice in different countries across Europe, and beyond.

A doctor who left a patient midway through an operation to have sex with a nurse is at "very low risk" of repeating his serious misconduct, a medical tribunal has ruled.

In Austria, a neurosurgeon from the city of Graz will stand trial after allowing her 12-year-old daughter to take part in an operation and drill into a patient’s skull.

LBC can reveal that hundreds of renowned doctors are being featured in deepfakes on social media to spread health misinformation and deceive customers into purchasing products.

A doctor, identified by a hospital review as having harmed dozens of bowel surgery patients, has been struck off for falsifying medical records.

Britain has a hidden oral health crisis with children who’ve never seen a dentist needing multiple teeth removed after their first appointment.

The name of plastic surgeon Maxim Ivanchuk was recently linked to glossy interviews, expensive rejuvenation programs, and celebrity clients.

A former general practitioner has been sentenced to jail for performing unnecessary genital examinations on men and teenage boys who only had symptoms such as coughs and headaches.

A former tattooist who left a woman "looking like a gargoyle" after giving her botched face fillers had been posing as a doctor at his aesthetics clinic...

A woman posing as a doctor at a London hospital injected a patient with an unknown substance.