Norfolk hospital surgeon subject to female patient restrictions

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 11:02 · Archive

A trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at James Paget University Hospital in Norfolk has been placed under restrictions requiring a chaperone when treating female patients.

Adam Mark Michael Cohen is a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk. He has been subject to General Medical Council interim conditions on his registration since January 2026, pending the outcome of a GMC investigation.

For the first six months of the restrictions, he was prohibited from consulting female patients except in life-threatening emergencies. Any consultation within that exception had to be reported to the GMC within seven days. In July, a review tribunal amended the conditions to allow him greater access to female patients.

Under the amended conditions, Dr Cohen is now permitted to consult and operate on female patients provided a chaperone is present, except in life-threatening emergencies. He must keep a log of every consultation with a female patient, signed by the chaperone, and a separate log of any emergency case where no chaperone was present. Both logs must be submitted to the tribunal at its next review, a date for which has not yet been confirmed. He must also inform his employers about the conditions, obtain GMC approval before taking work outside the NHS, and inform the regulator if his employer starts disciplinary proceedings.

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In this story: Adam Mark Michael Cohen · James Paget University Hospital · General Medical Council · Gorleston · Norfolk

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