Retired UK GP suspended for five months over climate activism

Sarah Benn is first of three GPs facing disciplinary action this year over climate activism

A doctor who went to jail following a series of climate protests has been taken off the medical register for five months – and still faces being permanently struck off.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS – the disciplinary arm of the General Medical Council (GMC – on Tuesday suspended Dr Sarah Benn, having found last week that her fitness to practise as a doctor had been impaired by reason of misconduct.