Kate had sex with her 'predatory' psychiatrist, but he may be allowed to practise again

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An ABC investigation has uncovered hundreds of cases of misconduct by health workers, including a psychiatrist who impregnated a patient and another who injected their patient with heroin, yet the medical regulator has allowed them to practise.

She decided to notify the agency in addition to the complaint lodged by the Tasmanian Health Service to ensure the regulator had her full perspective."I would actually go so far as to say that I was promised or strongly suggested that there would be outcomes in [the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal] that never occurred, such as a fine and a complete deregistration … that felt like a huge let-down.

"To my ongoing shame, having once transgressed my professional boundaries, I compounded this by not acting on what I knew to be right." It also noted that Duffton had failed to show any evidence of how he had sought to rehabilitate himself. The body responsible for investigating complaints, in most states, is the Australian Health Practitioners Agency.

He says the agency has tried to address the issue by establishing a service led by social workers designed to provide support and guidance to patients who complain."We're certainly working closely with tribunals to try and iron out any pain points in the process … what the tribunal then does is a matter for them."

"There are probably many women who are experiencing sexual misconduct who choose not to come forward."Kate wants to talk about what happened to try and improve the process around complaints."I feel like I've gone into the ocean with all my clothes on, and come out, and I walk around with that all day," she says.

 

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Golly are these REAL pictures in this story. Oooky poookie!

. . I don't mind the psych being found guilty because he abused his position of trust and his professional standards. But the bushit story the woman is coming out with (that she did it under duress wven at the time) is a crock... .

I have been practicing my whole adult life.

Do women ever take any blame for anything ever?

In this day and age with pronouns and BS I dont know if a its a dude who took advantage or another woman. Sounds like something a woman would do with another woman. So she was misled by another woman that identiues as a man I think

The excuses people who've transgressed professional boundaries come up with are ludicrous & insulting - he had sex repeatedly with his patient & gave her illicit drugs so she was more vulnerable - then uses as an excuse that his pet died?! & can go back to practice...

When you use he she pronouns in an article are you saying he identifies as male and she identifies as female?

Two to tango

But did she look at the Twitter Files?

'Kate remembers one night they spent together when she had smoked at least five joints on top of a large dose of prescription medication. Then they had sex'. Mature adults? Where is a line drawn with this garbage? It was all consensual. Kate had choices. Yes or No

Wait so it was consensual? she smoked his weed and took his money for food then had sex with him... he didnt rape her did he?

Bit by bit Leftists are normalising grooming 🤢🤮

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