Introduction

The General Medical Council (GMC) is failing in its duty to be an independent regulator. By reopening a case just two weeks after its own independent tribunal cleared a doctor - and doing so under overt political and lobbying pressure - the GMC is undermining fundamental rights and the rule of law. 

We demand the GMC drop its investigation into Dr Rahmeh Aladwan and end the weaponisation of fitness-to-practise procedures by the ‘israeli’ lobbies.

The Facts

Dr Rahmeh Aladwan is an exceptional surgical NHS doctor but is being forced through a second Interim Orders Tribunal hearing, despite being cleared by an independent tribunal just two weeks earlier.

Here is what happened:

• On 25 September 2025, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) - the independent judicial body that hears GMC cases - concluded there was no basis to restrict Dr Aladwan's registration. The MPTS was specifically created in 2012 to ensure the adjudication stage of fitness to practise procedures was separate to the GMC. In order words, the GMC could not be judge, jury and executioner.
• This decision followed proper due process and careful consideration of all evidence.
• Involved three panel members without any conflict of interest.
• Immediately after this ruling, three things resulted:

1. Political Pressure: Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP publicly attacked the decision as a "failure" and demanded "urgent advice on next steps." Streeting has taken significant funding from the ‘israeli’ lobby and private healthcare groups and his interference prejudices proceedings.
2. Dr Aladwan was subjected to a coordinated defamatory attack in the mainstream media that called for her to be suspended.
3. Lobbying Pressure: The GMC was subjected to a coordinated campaign by pro-Israel advocacy groups, including:

• A legal threat from the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA)
• A complaint from Lawyers for Israel (LFI) based in the UK
• The involvement of the Jewish Medical Association (JMA)

Crucially, these are not neutral bodies: the JMA is the British branch of the Israeli Medical Association, an organisation recently condemned and disaffiliated by the British Medical Association (BMA) over medical ethics concerns over their silence regarding ‘israeli’ crimes against humanity.

Within days, the GMC capitulated and overrode the MPTS’ own tribunal's decision and ordered a fresh hearing – without justification. 

This timeline reveals the truth: a regulator that is no longer independent. The GMC is allowing its processes to be dictated by political figures and a network of lobby groups, rendering independent tribunals meaningless. This sets a dangerous precedent: any doctor can now be subject to repeated, vexatious investigations if their political views attract the ire of powerful, well-organised interests.

None of this benefits the NHS who already face a shortage of doctors and damages trust in the very body set up to allegedly protect the public.

Why This Affects Everyone

This case sets a dangerous precedent for every doctor and patient in the UK: 

• No Finality in Justice: If a doctor can be retried immediately after being cleared because powerful interest groups disliked the outcome, no doctor is safe.
• Chilling Effect on Patient Care: Doctors will fear speaking out on important health issues if they know their careers can be ended by political pressure.
• Corruption of Regulation: When regulators bow to political interference rather than following due process, public trust in healthcare collapses.

Our Demands

1. The GMC must immediately end its investigation of Dr Aladwan and respect the independent tribunal's decision.

2. Full disclosure of all communications between the GMC and the Department of Health/Wes Streeting's office regarding this case.

3. Full disclosure of all communications between the GMC and lobbying groups including the CAA, (UK)LFI, and the JMA.

4. Parliamentary investigation into political interference by Streeting in medical regulation.

5. Structural reforms to guarantee the GMC's independence from political pressure.

Conclusion

This is not about one doctor - it's about whether our medical regulators serve the public or their political masters. When a doctor can be cleared on Monday and reinvestigated on Friday because a compromised minister disliked the outcome, the system is broken.

We stand with Dr Aladwan and with every healthcare worker's right to due process and free speech. 

Healthcare workers must be able to speak truth to power – indeed, it is a moral duty and part of their code of ethics - without fear of malicious and politically-motivated persecution. This case is a landmark battle for the very soul of the medical profession.

Sign now to demand the GMC restores its integrity and independence.