Second wave of hospital patients informed of misconduct in treatment by Dr Iuliu Stan

A second group of patients have been informed they received rectal medication from a doctor who has been struck off for sexual abuse.

Dr Iuliu Stan was found by a medical practitioners’ tribunal in February 2024 to have subjected his patients, including children, to “unnecessary, invasive and intimate procedures for his own sexual gratification” during his time at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. This included administrating rectal examinations, medication and laxatives.

Dr Stan worked as a senior house officer between 2015 and 2020 within the trauma and orthopaedics department at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

In January 37 patients were written to by the Trust before the tribunal, but now more former patients of Dr Stan have been contacted by the Trust about his misconduct.

It is unclear how many former patients have been contacted. The tribunal hearing noted Dr Stan had administered pain relief to male patients on 277 occasions and once to a female patient.

Dr Iuliu Stan gravely abused his position of trust as a doctor to his patients, and it must have been distressing for those who have unexpectedly received letters from the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.

You may be entitled to a civil claim for compensation in circumstances where a medical practitioner uses their position to sexually abuse patients.

A civil claim for compensation may enable survivors to access funding for therapy and losses as a result of abuse they have experienced.

Anyone who has suffered abuse in a medical setting can contact me directly for free, no-obligation, advice about their rights.