âť“WHAT HAPPENED: A British junior doctor received a formal warning after posting grossly offensive comments on social media, including jokes about Jews being gassed.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Dr. Martin Whyte, the General Medical Council (GMC), and the British Medical Association (BMA).
đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: The offensive posts date back to 2018. Dr. Whyte is employed by Northumbria Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust.
đź’¬KEY QUOTE: “This conduct does not meet the standards required of a doctor. It risks bringing the profession into disrepute and must not be repeated.” – GMC Warning
🎯IMPACT: The warning will remain on Dr. Whyte’s record for two years, and he has been barred from representing the BMA in any capacity.
Dr. Martin Whyte, a British junior doctor and former executive member of the British Medical Association (BMA), has been formally warned by the General Medical Council (GMC) after making a series of grossly offensive social media posts, including jokes about Jews being gassed and comments questioning the Holocaust.
The GMC investigation described the posts as “grossly offensive” but said they “fell just short of that which would be considered serious enough to pose a risk to public protection.” Dr. Whyte, who currently works for Northumbria Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust as a specialist trainee in paediatrics, has received a formal warning that will remain on his record for two years. The notice states: “This conduct does not meet the standards required of a doctor. It risks bringing the profession into disrepute and must not be repeated.”
Among the posts reviewed by regulators were remarks referring to the “decomposing carcass of the Queen,” and a post describing Conservatives as “b******” and complaining that they should not be allowed to work in medicine. In one particularly shocking message following the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, which killed 11 people, Dr. Whyte wrote: “hahaha zeig hail hahaha gas the jews hahaha just kidding but have you seen these YouTube videos about the holohoax they’re pretty convincing imo [in my opinion].”
The BMA called Dr. Whyte’s comments “totally unacceptable” and confirmed that he had been removed from all association activities as soon as the material came to light. A spokesman said: “Dr. Whyte was immediately removed from any and all BMA business when the social media material came to light. This was followed by our own internal investigation, which made this permanent. The BMA stands opposed to all forms of discrimination.”
The Campaign Against Antisemitism criticised the GMC’s response, arguing that the warning was inadequate. A spokesman said, “Every week, there is some new outrage from the medical regulatory system. Is there any level of racism against Jewish people that the GMC would consider worthy of actual disciplinary action? Antisemitism is at record highs in our society and regulators are totally asleep at the wheel. Another spectacular failure by the medical regulator.”
In the United States, the Trump administration recently froze more than $500 million in federal grants to Brown University over anti-Semitism concerns, and rapper Kanye “Ye” West has apologised to a rabbi for his previous anti-Semitic remarks, blaming them on bipolar disorder.
Meanwhile, reports have highlighted Jewish families leaving supposedly “tolerant” countries like Canada for the United States due to fears over rising hostility.
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