Male patients urged to come forward over disgraced doctor

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 12:33 · Archive

Male patients treated by a doctor struck off in 2024 for giving unnecessary intimate examinations are being urged to speak out.

Dr Iuliu Stan, a locum doctor in trauma and orthopaedics, worked at Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro between 2015 and 2020. A medical practitioners tribunal struck him off in 2024 after finding he gave unnecessary intimate examinations to male patients, including boys, for his own gratification.

Many patients were being treated for unrelated injuries such as fractures and may not have realised at the time that anything was wrong. The inappropriate procedures included rectal and testicular examinations, giving medication rectally and inserting or removing urinary catheters. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has admitted liability and apologised.

Patients are being urged to come forward as the notification letters the Trust sent in 2024 were addressed to contact details held at the time of treatment. Coodes Solicitors, representing many former patients, is concerned that holiday visitors and families who have since left Cornwall may never have received them.

A compensation scheme run with NHS Resolution closed to new applications in March 2026, though the Trust said it will consider later requests case by case. Claims can still be brought through the normal legal process, but most must be started within three years of a person first learning they may have been harmed, meaning some deadlines fall as early as January 2027. Different rules apply to those who were under 18 at the time.

How it is being reported

• Male patients urged to speak out after disgraced doctor gave spurious rectal examsPATIENTS of a holiday resort town doctor who gave rectal examinations to men and boys who presented with minor broken bones are being urged to speak out.Northwich Guardian · 23 Oct, 12:00
• Male patients urged to speak out after disgraced doctor gave spurious rectal examsPATIENTS of a holiday resort town doctor who gave rectal examinations to men and boys who presented with minor broken bones are being urged to speak out.Warrington Guardian · 23 Oct, 12:00

In this story: Dr Iuliu Stan · Royal Cornwall Hospital · Truro · Coodes Solicitors · NHS Resolution

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