{"id":371268,"date":"2025-08-25T02:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/371268\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T02:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:49:16","slug":"london-nhs-surgeon-wears-palestinian-badge-while-operating-on-jewish-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/371268\/","title":{"rendered":"London NHS Surgeon Wears Palestinian Badge While Operating on Jewish Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1.webp.webp\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1.webp.webp\"   alt=\"\" title=\"unnamed (1)\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LONDON \u2013 A surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital in north London wore a Palestinian flag badge while performing surgery on a Jewish patient last month, leaving her \u201cextremely distressed,\u201d according to reports from The Telegraph. The patient said she felt the doctor\u2019s political views could affect her care.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"whatsapp-promotion-mobile\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/2020\/01\/07\/vin-whatsapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tJoin our WhatsApp group<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSubscribe to our Daily Roundup Email<\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UK Lawyers for Israel, contacted by the patient, accused the hospital of breaching equality laws. They argued that displaying the badge could create a hostile environment under Section 29(3) of the Equality Act 2010 and violate General Medical Council rules by prioritizing political opinions over patient care.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital\u2019s CEO, David Crampsey, said the concerns are under review and any appropriate action would be considered. Staff were reminded of the NHS principle of political neutrality.<\/p>\n<p>This incident comes amid broader NHS efforts to restrict staff from displaying pro-Palestinian symbols after complaints from Jewish patients at multiple London hospitals, including Barts Health Trust, where similar bans have been implemented.<\/p>\n<p>The General Medical Council and the Royal Free London NHS Trust have been approached for further comment.<\/p>\n<p>Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON \u2013 A surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital in north London wore a Palestinian flag badge while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-371268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115087131676845365","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}